Pension System – Page 91
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EU could fund DC transition by issuing debt, says Bernardino
Some 20 EU member states still have no tracking systems
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IPE Conference: Strong sustainability a proxy for good company mgt
Former ATP CIO gives interview on 20th anniversary of massive liability hedging exercise
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NewsAustrian Pensionskassen manage large share of assets for DC plans
DB schemes are often not available to new employees, making DC schemes the predominant arrangement
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IPE Conference: AP4, AXA IM lament carbon pricing absence
AXA economist regrets US political inability to bring in “bonus/malus system” for power generation firms
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NewsEIOPA flags pensions dashboard data collection concerns
EIOPA members concerned about data collection powers, resources as pension fund groups against additional collection anyway
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UK DB schemes’ surplus should lead to more efficient investing, says PwC
Pension scheme investment in Gilts has more than doubled, from 23% to 50% of their assets, the firm found
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UK DB consolidator appoints Mobius Life
Stoneport participating employers retain a share of control in their investment strategy
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NewsESG communications not that good for first-time pension engagement
NEST Insight trial finds standard activation email was more effective
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NewsEIOPA ignores PensionsEurope confidentiality request on stress test
Transparency about the test sample is necessary for ‘effective communication on the exercise’, says regulator
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Industry sceptical about DWP performance fee DC charge cap plan
Government consults on proposals to exclude performance fees from charge cap
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NewsClara-Pensions completes first TPR assessment
Several schemes will look at superfunds as a viable endgame solution for their membership
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Country ReportIceland leads the world on pensions
Nation’s retirement system rates high in pensions index for adequacy and sustainability, allowing it to pip the Netherlands and Denmark
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Opinion PiecesNotes from the Netherlands: Too eager to index
Most Dutch pensioners have been craving indexation ever since the financial crisis in 2008-09. Understandably, patience is running thin, especially now that inflation has reached its highest level since the introduction of the euro.
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Opinion PiecesNews Notes: Economies of cost saving
The three main reasons the UK government requested that the country’s 89 Local Government Pension Schemes (LGPS) pool their assets back in 2015 were: establishing common investment vehicles to provide the pension funds with a mechanism to access economies of scale; helping them to invest more efficiently in listed and alternative assets; and reducing investment costs.
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Country ReportFinland: Declining birth rate is main worry
The country’s defined benefit pension system is largely healthy, but long-term challenges need to be addressed now
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FeaturesPensions Insider: Like the lead role in a bad film
In the sixth of a series of articles aimed at empowering trustees, our insider advises full cooperation with investigators if falsely suspected of impropriety
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FeaturesResearch: DB plans caught in a Catch 22
Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan argue that a toxic confluence of demographics, regulation and interest rates are undermining the finances of pension schemes
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NewsGerman actuaries call for unchanged rate at 0.25% as pandemic evolves
‘Still too early’ to predict how inflation will play out in the long-term, says DAV
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NN Group eyes Dutch €343bn corporate pension pot
The group expects the DC pension market for insurance firms to double over the next few years
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NewsSwedish pensioners’ lobby decries piecemeal approach to pension reform
New pension supplement forms part of new government’s budget plan, but political upheaval dominates events
