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General pension funds experience difficulties in entering into,
among other transactions, derivatives transactions with banks; some
banks fear that their receivables from derivatives cannot be
charged to the separate own funds. Recently, the State Secretary
for Social Affairs and Employment has explicitly stated that this
was never intended. The Decree Implementing the Pensions Act and
the Mandatory Occupational Pension Act will be clarified in this
respect, which will make it easier for general pension funds to
enter into these transactions.
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