Previous Top 1000 Pension Funds – Page 10
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Sweden: New government, new reforms
Plans to split the regulation of insurance and pension companies have met with controversy, while reform to the AP fund system is to move ahead following years of deliberation
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Special ReportSwitzerland: Huge challenge to pass pension reform package
The final draft of the first and second-pillar reform package has been published but it could prove impossible to get through parliament in its present form
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Special ReportUK: A year of implementation
This year has seen the rushed implementation of the dramatic changes introduced to the UK defined contribution sector in 2014
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Top 1000: Austria - The fight against inertia
Every Austrian born after 1955 who has accrued pension benefits in the state pension system now has a new account, the Pensionskonto. And for the first time, each citizen has also received a letter in which they are informed about their pension benefits from the first pillar pay-as-you-go scheme.
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Top 1000: Belgium - Plenty more to do
The new government has received a raft of recommendations to fix the disparities in the country’s pension system. Is it too little too late?
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Top 1000: Denmark - Ahead on Solvency II
The regulator and pensions association have been working on a standard solvency model that guarantees equal protection for policyholders. Many elements of Solvency II are in place.
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Top 1000: Finland - A focus on solvency and governance
Implementation of Solvency II continues apace. Wide-ranging reforms will raise the retirement age and there has been a focus on transparency following a governance scandal.
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Top 1000: France - Growth for PERCO
Supplementary PERCO plans have seen strong growth but funded pension schemes are still concerned about Solvency II.
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Top 1000: Germany - Issues with AIFMD implementation
New regulations implementing the AIFM Directive might limit the use of certain alternative investment vehicles.
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Top 1000: Iceland - Countdown to the end of capital controls?
Despite their considerable overseas asset holdings, Iceland’s pension funds remain heavily invested in a domestic market showing signs of overheating.
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Top 1000: Ireland - The state steps in
As a new regulatory structure beds down, minor but important changes have been made to reintroduce equity into the pensions system.
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The Top 1000 - Who counts what?
Fennell Betson outlines why so many of the estimates for European pension assets produce different figures
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Top 1000 - Stop pigeon-holing DC
Amin Rajan and Steven Hinds describe a new project that aims to create a typology of defined contribution plans.
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Top 1000: Back to work
The new Parliament and Commission will set a new agenda in Brussels. But there is plenty of work to do on proposals of various kinds that affect pension funds. Compiled by Gail Moss
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Top 1000: Netherlands - (Another) new FTK
A revised FTK is set for implementation in 2015, and is the prelude to a wide-reaching reform to the Dutch pension system
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Top 1000: Norway - Little interest in hybrids
Hybrid pensions have not attracted very much interest. New mortality tables shine a spotlight on pension providers.
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Top 1000: Spain - Serious about reform
A new round of pension reform, including re-rating the state pension, is just one aspect of the government’s attempt to address the budget deficit.
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Top 1000: Sweden - Spoilt for choice at the regulatory smörgåsbord
Indecision over which entities should be covered by which new European regulation is being addressed by Sweden’s pensions industry and authorities.
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Top 1000: Switzerland - Reforms lack comprehensive support
The government has amended few of its Altersvorsorge 2020 reform proposals following a consultation with the industry.
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Top 1000: UK - A brave new pensions world
Compulsory annuitisation will be abolished and the government is to introduce new defined ambition pensions as an alternative to pure defined benefit and defined contribution.
