Pension System – Page 93
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News
Nest Sammelstiftung raises interest rate on pension assets to 4.5%
Highest interest rate of the last five years
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NewsDanish pension admin firm Festina to enter Dutch market
While many previous foreign entrants have failed to gain a foothold in the country, Festina hopes to announce its first Dutch client shortly
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NewsUK roundup: Tobacco scheme strikes £1.8bn buy-in deal
Plus: Société Générale moves scheme to Aegon master trust; Standard Life to include sustainable strategy; Fishermen scheme completes buy-in
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NewsNorwegian PFs ready for IORP II regs despite extra costs, says lobby chief
National regulation, not EU rules, is biggest challenge for Norwegian pension funds, says Christer Drevsjø
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Swiss regulator consults on experts’ role in auditing pension funds
Supervisory authorities, pension funds, occupational pension experts are invited to express their views until 4 March
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News2021 busiest year for de-risking despite headwinds, says WTW
Recorded totals of just under £30bn of bulk annuities and £15bn of longevity swaps
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News
DekaBank to exit Riester-Rente market in June
It will stop offering new contracts under its Deka-ZukunftsPlan (Future Plan) in the classic and select investment options
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NewsGerman Pensionskassen face further cuts if no sponsor support is given
Persistent low interest rate environment could result in further cuts to pension benefits
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News
Ireland launches 2022 occupational schemes’ fee rates
The increased fees are necessary to meet the Pensions Authority’s staffing and IT costs
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NewsESMA urges IASB to change tack on pensions disclosure proposals
Watchdog wants more mandatory disclosure items
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NewsAuto-enrolment changes could add ‘trillions of pounds’ to pension pot
Report by think tank Onward found that changes to auto-enrolment could add £2.77trn to pension saving
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InterviewsHow we run our money - AP7: Premium risk taker
Ingrid Albinsson (pictured), CIO of Sweden’s AP7, talks to Rachel Fixsen about the fund’s mission to provide a default option for Swedish premium pension savers
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Features
Research - DB pensions: a high-wire act in the end game
In the second article in a series, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan outline the intricacies of managing a defined benefit pension plan in the run-off phase
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Opinion PiecesGuest Viewpoint - Sebastien Betermier: Four takeaways for equitable CDC pension design
The combination of ultra-low interest rates and high longevity is putting a major strain on retirement systems across the globe. A recent report by the World Economic Forum predicts that the global gap between retirement savings and retirement needs will reach $400trn by 2050.
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Opinion PiecesNews Notes: PEPP cap elicits muted response
The date for authorisation for the so-called Pan-European personal pension product (PEPP) is fast approaching – 22 March 2022 – and yet the European pensions market seems to be relatively quiet about it.
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Opinion PiecesLacklustre pensions in an innovative CEE region
Capital funded pension systems across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) countries have suffered from poor policy decisions over the years. These have included suspensions or reductions to contributions and even transfers of assets from individual accounts to the state.
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InterviewsExit Interview: Heribert Karch, former CEO of MetallRente
“I have been managing director at MetallRente since the beginning, exactly since 1 November 2001,” says Heribert Karch, weeks before leaving his post after 20 years at the helm of the German pension scheme. MetallRente has also just celebrated the twentieth anniversary of its foundation.
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Country ReportPoland’s slow start on pensions
Poland’s automatic enrolment programme continues to suffer from an endemic lack of trust
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NewsVesuvius seals seventh, final buy-in with PIC
The metal flow engineering scheme priced its first buy-in with PIC in 2012
