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InterviewsPKG Pensionskasse: Investing with discipline and patience
Diego Liechti, the new CIO of PKG Pensionskasse, explains the Swiss pension fund’s investment strategy to Luigi Serenelli as it steps up its exposure to illiquid assets
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NewsPKG Pensionskasse appoints CIO to drive private markets expansion
The fund will look to increase its allocations to illiquid asset classes, including infrastructure, private equity and real estate
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Swiss pension funds seek alternative source of returns
CPEG and PKG shift allocations to riskier assets
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NewsNest Sammelstiftung hires new head of responsible investment from central bank
Marc Novara succeeds Ulla Enne, who spent a decade at the fund
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NewsSwiss scheme excludes commodities under ESG policy despite second-best return
PKG is also planning to switch to a sustainable benchmark for Swiss bonds, foreign equities, foreign small-cap equities, and emerging market equities
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NewsSwiss schemes apply high interest on savings as yields fall
It will be ‘very challenging’ for pension funds to generate the statutory minimum interest rate of 1.25%, says PPCmetrics
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Swiss PKG returns 2%
[14:30 CEST 07-05] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss CHF2bn (€1.23bn) PKG Pensionskasse, the independent pension fund for small and medium-sized enterprises, booked a 2% investment return in 2007, maintaining its cover ratio.
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Special ReportSwitzerland: Workplace pension reform faces referendum test
The country is introducing regulations on greenwashing and fund investments, while debating how to fund the first and second-pillar pension systems
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FX cap hurts Austrian pension funds’ performance
Caps to be scrapped by January in line with IORP II reforms
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Austrian pension funds to set own investment caps under IORP II roll-out
Plus: Austrian finance minister promises reform of tax incentives for second pillar
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Bonus eyes climate risks with fresh investment approach
The €1.5bn Austrian multi-employer scheme is setting up a fund-of-funds structure it believes will help improve the transparency of climate-related risks
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Austrian pension fund association calls for mandatory system
Austrian schemes return nearly 4.2% on average over 2016
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Mercer says Austrian reform disappointing
AUSTRIA - Kurt Bednar, managing director of Mercer Austria, has called for finance minister Karl-Heinz Grasser to show more courage in reforming the pension fund law, or PKG.
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NewsAustria introduces stress tests, ratings rules for pension funds
New risk-management directive also covers derivatives
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Austria: Keeping it complicated
Austrian Pensionskassen portfolios are highly diverse, which not only makes it difficult to speak of ‘average performance’, but also complicates administration and liability management, writes Barbara Ottawa
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Country ReportVBV: Exciting possibilities
Günther Schiendl, CIO of VBV, Austria’s largest pension fund, talks to Barbara Ottawa about the importance of illiquidity and the EU’s sustainable finance initiative
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NewsAustrian companies not obliged to offer pension plan choice, experts say
Employer free to offer just one company pension plan despite new law
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NewsAmendment to Austrian pensions law clears first hurdle
AUSTRIA – Industry expects no further changes after government passes long-awaited reform.
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Special ReportAustria: Occupational pensions under pressure
Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Austrian pensions sector faces few new regulatory challenges and the rise of a young competitor
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Scheme for Austrian lawyers considers foray into real estate
AUSTRIA – Pension fund says government’s long-term investment projects ‘also interesting’.
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