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Podcast#14 Leaders in Investment podcast: Conversation with Günther Schiendl, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Austria’s VBV Pensionskasse
Günther Schiendl, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, VBV Pensionskasse, in conversation with IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy.
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NewsVBV Pensionskasse tops performance with equity option
Overall multi-employers returned 2.33% last year
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VBV Pensionskasse reaches €8.5bn AUM with Siemens’ pension beneficiaries
The number of beneficiaries in the Pensionskasse has now reached 292,155, up from 286,479 in 2019
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NewsAustrian VBV surpasses €10bn with IBM pensions deal
VBV has absorbed more than €1bn in assets and around 30,000 members from Austrian company pension funds over the past two decades
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NewsVBV launches new life cycle model to target younger employees
The pension fund is talking to all company members to amend their contracts to include a lifecycle model with automatic enrolment and an opt-out option
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NewsDACH roundup: Swiss BVK tops CHF41.4bn in assets
Plus: VBV Pensionskasse continues to cut CO2 footprint in portfolio
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NewsPeople moves: Jupiter appoints CIO to start in February 2026
Plus: Aware Super UK adds to board; IFRS Foundation names new trustee
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NewsAustria’s largest pension fund reports performance range of 5% to 7.5%
‘We want to break with the tradition of boiling all our different strategies and risk models down to one figure,’ says Günther Schiendl
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NewsAustrian hotels partner with VBV to offer occupational pensions to workers
Association is convinced that occupational pension offers – which are still rare in Austria in general and in the tourism industry in particular – will help attract more staff
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NewsAPK, Bonus Pensionskasse top Mercer’s investment strategy analysis
Bonus Pensionskasse ranked first among pension funds for its defensive (5.37%), active (8.09%) and dynamic (8.82%) strategies
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NewsPeople moves: Border to Coast appoints new responsible investment head
Tim Manuel joins Border to Coast from Aon, where he worked for the past 18 years
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NewsSustainability is becoming more expensive, say Austrian pension funds
‘We have been ‘living’ sustainability for a while now but it is costing more and more money,’ says Bundespensionskasse board member
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NewsAustrian Pensionskassen returns slow down in Q3
Pension schemes will ‘continue to rely on their diversification strategies to achieve solid long-term results for their beneficiaries’, says association
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NewsPeople moves: First Sentier hires chief risk officer from Aegon
Amundi, Carmignac, BCC/CRA, Allianz Global Investors, European Investment Fund, VBV, First Sentier Investors, ATP
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NewsGerman, Austrian pension fund assets could drop by up to 14% in value
Pension funds predominantly favour external ESG ratings/indices to review sustainability factors in investments
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People moves: UKSIF names Man Group’s RI research head as new chair
Close Brothers, Kempen, Mercer, Veritas, L&G, Lazard, Unison, UKSIF, VBV
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FeaturesAustria’s politicians are too timid to make decisions, says VBV’s Schiendl
Austrian institutional investors believe that both national and European Union politics are impeding the evolution of the occupational pensions market.
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Austrian Pensionskassen take return hit from Ukraine war in Q1
Last year’s performance was more positive: in 2021, Austrian Pensionskassen recorded returns of 7.62%, and Vorsorgekassen of 4%
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NewsDACH roundup: German parliament eases Pensionskassen bailouts
Plus: Swiss schemes improve funding ratio; VBV greens portfolio





