ICT firm Centric to take over ailing provider AGH
Centric to add pension fund trio to its seven existing clients
Mandate roundup: Swiss scheme tenders EM mandate via IPE Quest
Plus: UK’s Brunel PP awards global high alpha brief
UK roundup: WTW urges investors to review multi-asset strategies
Mercer forecasts quadrupling of UK pension scheme bulk buy-outs over next decade
Accounting board joins calls for focus on environmental reporting
‘It is now beyond doubt that the financial impacts of climate change will be material for the vast majority of large companies’
Dutch tax experts warn of lump sum disadvantage
‘People could end up in highest tax band’
AP1 to lose 4 internal equity managers in shift to passive
Swedish national pension fund revamps strategy after missing some equity targets
CDC, Lærernes among backers of Amundi-EIB green credit programme
Programme aims to help plug climate finance gaps by developing green debt markets beyond investment grade green bonds
Natixis: Institutional investors expect global financial crisis in next five years
Volatility, a continuation of the historically low yield environment and foreign interference in elections are also key trends to watch over the next 12 months
Sampension invests in German, Irish green bonds and plans more
Major Nordic pension players invest in World Bank’s first green bond issue in Danish kroner
Private equity investors to make climate change shifts
Investors plan to modify their private equity portfolios to combat climate change
PRI names lawyer for ‘legal framework for impact’ project
Freshfields to explore legal questions about ‘new frontier for responsible investment’
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On the record: Is private equity lagging behind the ESG curve?
IPE asked three pension funds how private equity managers are progressing in terms of integrating responsible investment
How we run our money: Pension Danmark
Torben Möger Pedersen , CEO of PensionDanmark, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo that he sees the Danish pension provider as part of an improved Scandinavian welfare system
iTDFs: A formula to end retirement blues?
All over the world, the financial industry is grappling with the ‘ideal’ post retirement investment strategy and with how best to pay out income in retirement. There is an arms race and the question is the following: who will win the retirement agenda?
Emerging market debt: Argentina makes investors cry
Who needs Pennywise the terrifying clown when one has Argentine bonds in their investment portfolios?
Ongoing UCITS fees are falling
UCITS are an example of EU financial innovation and a global success story. With €10.1trn in total net assets, UCITS help global investors save for financial goals, including retirement, education, and housing.
Can we all be Canadian?
As we approach the 2020s, what have we learned about pension investing in the last 20 years?
The fiscal shift is no solution
There is a growing consensus that there needs to be a shift from extraordinary monetary policy to fiscal activism. Although quantitative easing (QE) will continue, there is a widespread recognition that its effects are diminishing.
Emerging Market Debt - Global View: A mixed picture
Although emerging markets are in aggregate enjoying structural improvements, there are stark differences between regions
Small & mid-cap equities: Public or private markets?
Public markets are shrinking while private markets are attracting huge amounts of capital. But it is still not clear which is the better bet
Emerging market equities: ESG in Latin America
An anti-corruption drive by Latin American companies is creating opportunities for responsible investors
Long-term matters: Financial sector employees can help win the climate change fight
More than a thousand Google employees have signed a public letter calling on the company to take bold action on climate change. They joined employees in other companies such as Amazon and Microsoft who published similar letters, calling their companies to take real action on climate change in response to the climate crisis.
Guest viewpoint: Bob Collie
“With DC now globally dominant, the momentum that has been building is likely to continue”
Guest viewpoint: Kerrin Rosenberg
“It is crucial to remember that the focus on good governance extends to including illiquid and private investment”
Long Term Matters: Time to shit or get off the (ESG) pot
The ESG project is well beyond its childhood, even its teenage years. PRI has been going for 13 years and SRI activity pre-dated it by a decade.
Guest viewpoint: Jennifer Choi & Brian Hoehn
“Principles 3.0 is intended to offer a road map to optimal partnerships in the private equity industry”
