Regulation
Get to grips with the latest regulation changes and reforms for the pension and investment industries. IPE keeps you up to date with the news headlines and reaction, while our in-depth analysis explores the repercussions
Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Efforts to raise trustee standards must preserve what works
Morten Nilsson of Brightwell Pensions on avoiding the onerous requirements that could further shrink the pool of lay trustees
News
UK government to limit controversial Pension Schemes Bill reserve power clause
The power would be limited to no more than 10% of total assets held in default funds and by no more than 5% in UK-based assets
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Swedish premium pension’s default fund paid off for most savers, agency finds
0-pp[Just over 13% of pension savers picking own funds actually outperformed AP7’s default product Såfa since the start, Pensionsmyndigheten reports
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SIU, IORP II review: Dutch pension federation MD addresses MEPs
Edith Maat sets out the conditions for the success of the European Commission’s supplementary pensions package
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PenSam says revamp ATP contributions to iron out pension inequalities
Danish pension fund for public-sector health and social care workers says the system disadvantages people in physically demanding jobs
Analysis
Asset pooling gains traction as German Pensionskassen consolidate
German Pensionskassen increasingly pool assets and consolidate as costs, regulation and structural pressures intensify
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UK government plans ‘targeted changes’ to proposed LGPS regulations
Pensions industry previously raised concerns that the reforms could undermine fiduciary duty and local decision-making
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IPE UK Briefing: House of Lords votes to remove ‘mandation’ clause from Pension Schemes Bill
Plus: Collective defined contribution and pension risk transfer market
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‘Extensive lack of proportionality’ in IORP II proposals, says PensionsEurope
Pension fund association critical of prudent personal principle, benchmarking, scope, double materiality and other proposals
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Dutch government postpones pension lump sum to 2029
It’s the eighth time the introduction of the 10% lump sum upon retirement, originally foreseen to be introduced in 2021, has been postponed
Analysis
How investors are reacting to Europe’s carbon price
The EU Emissions Trading System is up for review this year, with the Commission expected to publish a legislative proposal on its post-2030 design by the summer
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Germany passes private pension overhaul to drive equity investment
Germany approves equity-focused pension reform with cost caps, raising concerns over second pillar competition
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AEIP flags cost, complexity concerns over EU IORP II revision
The association criticises EU pension reform, warning new rules could burden paritarian IORPs without adding member value
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Sweden’s FTN rebuts legal challenge over €18bn fund procurement
FTN dismisses all Indecap Fonder’s claims in its application to overturn results of agency’s largest procurement
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