Maria Luis Albuquerque will also be quizzed about her vision and plans for a ‘Savings and Investment Union’
Top three countries retain places despite slightly lower ranking compared with 2023 figures
According to KENFO, ‘there should be no legal requirements for sustainability’ when investing Generationenkapital’s assets
The UK government will also implement reforms to the Bank’s financial framework
WTW has further plans for other solutions to follow for savers across the UK, Europe and internationally
The deadline for asset management firms to participate has been set to 5 November
The €30bn scheme for the Dutch retail sector will collaborate with other pension funds on labour rights
Pension fund CEO warns that European green transition technology needs public money or China and US will dominate
A number of other pension schemes are already interested in the CDC concept, including the Church of England Pensions Board
Pensionsmyndigheten says it ‘largely agrees’ with watchdog in its preliminary conclusions in case around agency’s blighted investment in residential property company
Almost 40% of German companies believe greatest leverage to spread company pension schemes is the introduction of auto-enrolment, WTW survey shows
The company plans to mobilise £10bn to restore nature at landscape and seascape level in the UK
Sidenmark gives way to new CEO two months earlier than planned, as transition process proves “smoother and more efficient” than board expected
Plus: South Yorkshire Pensions Authority appoints new assistant director for investment strategy; SEI adds director to master trust board
When King Willem-Alexander read out his speech at the opening of the Dutch parliament, the topic of pensions was missing.
While perhaps the same cannot be said about climate change, there seems to be a consensus about artificial intelligence (AI) in the United Nations General Assembly.
Europe sure does not have a savings problem – EU household savings amounted to €1.4trn in 2022 versus €840bn in the US. What Europe does have, though, is a glut of bank savings capital that serves as a double bind.
Long-term net zero delivery success demands a pro-investment, co-investment mindset from all sides
Plus: ATP’s own CSRD reporting wishlist; Sweden’s Pensions Agency rule-breaking
Plus: Global taskforce launched focused on financial risks posed by social issues; Dutch regulator proposes amendments to ESG reporting templates
Plus: Economic growth; DB Funding Code, De-risking
SEI Investments, the Pennsylvania-based technology and investment firm, was a vocal advocate for independent fiduciary management in the UK pension industry.
Stella Giovannoli, CIO and CFO at Italy’s Cassa Nazionale del Notariato, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the efforts to modernise the fund
PGGM is using large language models in ESG, generic AI in forecasting to improve on quant models and ChatGPT to improve coding.
It’s often said that timing is everything. Nicholas Moreau sees an element of luck in the timing of his appointment to the helm of HSBC Asset Management in September 2019. This gave him a six-month head start in his role as CEO by the time the COVID pandemic arrived in early 2020.
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The recent brisk battle to buy an Australian data centre platform, AirTrunk, pushed the price to more than A$24bn (€14.5bn) – double what was anticipated just a few months ago.
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is often mentioned as one of the examples of the European Commission’s excessive zeal when working to implement the Green Deal. It is singled out as an example of overregulation that negatively impacts the competitiveness of European corporations, creates barriers to accessing the EU market and is costly to implement.
US high yield has come a long way from its murky beginnings with the very high yielding bonds of so called ‘fallen angels’, and Drexel Burnham Lambert’s Michael Milken offering bonds newly issued by corporates with sub-investment grade ratings for the first time in the 1980s, properly introducing the world to high yield bond investing.
PGGM is using large language models in ESG, generic AI in forecasting to improve on quant models and ChatGPT to improve coding.
We asked pension funds in Spain, Germany and Finland about their current views on European fixed income and credit as the ECB looks carefully at the timing and sequence of its rate cuts
Investors are becoming more sophisticated in how they approach emerging market debt
In generic US polls, Democrats beat Republicans, with a small but increasing margin, signalling an opportunity for reforms if Kamala Harris wins and a continuation of a divided and blocked Congress if Donald Trump wins.