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Standard Life targets large DB schemes with £2bn pension risk transfer backing
Fresh capital backing will support competition for the UK’s largest pension risk transfer deals
Church of England Pensions Board: Rising portfolio emissions
Church of England Pensions Board’s SaraTaaffe explains why falling portfolio emissions alone cannot show whether pension funds are driving real-world climate progress
People moves: Finland’s State Pension Fund former CEO joins Harvard Kennedy School
Plus: German multinational engineering company Bosch appoints new director of corporate pensions
In focus this week
Asset Class Reports
Private credit: Tapping into the emerging markets gap
Specialist private credit managers work to change perception around lending to emerging corporates
Equity weightings surge at Finnish pension funds, with more buying planned
As reform takes effect, Finland’s occupational pension providers have already taken advantage of new leeway to boost risk
Allspring CEO targets culture and solid investment platform
Kate Burke, chief executive officer of Wells Fargo spin-out, is also looking to expand Allspring’s equity offering
German corporate pension funding hits record 90.8%
Improved funding and resilient markets are giving German corporates greater scope to reduce pension risks and secure obligations
Diversity Project to Inclusion in Finance – why our rebrand reflects a sharper ambition
The rebranding of the Diversity Project as Inclusion in Finance signals a sharper, more commercial focus, according to Ric van Weelden. As Europe undergoes its largest-ever transfer of investment responsibility, asset managers must reflect the people they serve
Viewpoint: For European investors, public versus private markets is the wrong question
Kamal Bhatia, president and CEO of Principal Asset Management, argues that investors should instead care about how different exposures interact with each other
Why a credible SFDR framework needs more than category criteria
In his second regular column for IPE, Frédéric Ducoulombier of EDHEC Climate Institute argues that a credible categorisation-based SFDR system should require product manufacturers to substantiate how products deserve the category they claim
People moves: Finland’s State Pension Fund former CEO joins Harvard Kennedy School
Plus: German multinational engineering company Bosch appoints new director of corporate pensions
People moves: Kazemian appointed as head of risk transfer at ZEDRA
ZEDRA, Railways Pension Scheme, Mediahuis Nederland, Industriens Pension
People moves: Allianz and Günther Thallinger part company
Allianz, Anthos, Huisartsen, Pensjonskasseforeningen, Ocean Conservation Trust
The fight over transition finance in SFDR
EU lawmakers remain divided over how SFDR should define transition finance, with investors seeking clarity on eligible assets
IPE Nordic Briefing: Pension funds slam SEC’s proposed rescission of climate disclosure rules
AP7, NBIM, and AkademikerPension all submitted letters to the US regulator discouraging the Commission from scrapping the rules
ESG briefing: European asset owners urge SEC not to scrap climate disclosure rules
Asset owners push back against the SEC’s disclosure rollback as UK and EU policymakers rethink reporting and carbon-market rules
European asset owners push back on SEC climate repeal over costs and comparability
European investors urge for reform over full rescission of the rules as the SEC moves to scrap its Biden-era corporate climate disclosure framework.
IPE UK Briefing: government and regulator publish roadmaps; NEST builds VC footprint
Key policy documents published, setting out next phase of pensions reform
Church of England Pensions Board: Rising portfolio emissions
Church of England Pensions Board’s SaraTaaffe explains why falling portfolio emissions alone cannot show whether pension funds are driving real-world climate progress
Allspring CEO targets culture and solid investment platform
Kate Burke, chief executive officer of Wells Fargo spin-out, is also looking to expand Allspring’s equity offering
Manor Pensionskasse’s hands-on hedge fund strategy
The €2bn pension fund for employees of Switzerland’s Manor Group has a track record of hedge fund investing of nearly three decades
TPT’s view on private credit: A buyer’s choice for private lending
Private credit markets are challenging in the current environment, but they are also evolving
LPPI’s role in the British economy: Investing for real-world outcomes
LPPI CIO, Richard Tomlinson, explains how the £55bn manager thinks about its role in supporting the British economy
IPE Magazine July/August 2026
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July/August Highlights
Is there a powerful El Niño event on the way?
Warnings abound of the potential impact, particularly on crops, fish stocks and rainfall in many disparate parts of the world
UK aims to be a first mover in regulatory readiness and capital deployment to nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion, the energy process that powers the stars, was just three decades away, I was told when I left university four decades ago with a doctorate in physics. Unfortunately, it remained three decades away for the next 30 years.
Investors prepare for future equity markets, IPOs, and challenging governance models
Investment strategists and portfolio managers weigh the options for equity investors as tech-driven growth and momentum dominate markets, writes Carlo Svaluto Moreolo
Manor Pensionskasse’s hands-on hedge fund strategy
The €2bn pension fund for employees of Switzerland’s Manor Group has a track record of hedge fund investing of nearly three decades
TPT’s view on private credit: A buyer’s choice for private lending
Private credit markets are challenging in the current environment, but they are also evolving
Macro focus: are today’s global imbalances a problem?
While macroeconomic imbalances are to be expected in a large global economy, their excessive growth is a significant threat to global stability
Private credit: Tapping into the emerging markets gap
Specialist private credit managers work to change perception around lending to emerging corporates
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