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IPE ESG Briefing: Munich Re goes it alone
Plus: the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ditches net-zero commitment; Robeco says appetite for climate investing has fallen across the board
Swiss pension funds brace for prospect of negative interest rates
Swiss National Bank urged to avoid policies that make pension funds collateral victims of strategy aimed at weakening Swiss franc
European pension funds review global weightings in face of US turmoil
As global markets react to the threat of US tariffs, many European pension funds are looking to rebalance their portfolios and reset their investment policies
Get dirt rich to save the earth: Soil as an asset class
Nature can provide almost 40% of greenhouse gas reductions needed by 2030, according to research published in 2017 by the Nature Conservancy.
AP7 posts 27.3% return after ‘fantastically good year’
Swedish premium pension default fund reports leverage and weaker krona magnified strong stockmarket last year
Nordic pension funds hold off on dialling down strategic US exposure
Danish pension funds favoured European equities in Q1, central bank data shows
IPE DACH Briefing: Pension funds retreat from the US while looking at Asia
Corporate pension funds are lowering their exposures to equities, the dollar and US Treasuries, and hesitating to commit new capital to private markets in the US
DACH pension funds adapt to US trade policies
US trade and tariff policies are prompting corporate pension funds in Germany and wider DACH region to review strategic asset allocation assumptions
ISSB grapples with biodiversity data deficit, human capital insights
The nature and impact of human capital risks and opportunities vary significantly by industry and regional circumstances
IPE Nordic Briefing: Sweden’s buffer funds feel heat over Northvolt investment
Plus: Sweden’s all-party Pensions Group mulls over reforms; Oslo university professor takes chair role at expert council to advise Norway’s SWF
IPE ESG Briefing: A beyond decarbonisation approach to climate progress
Plus: Nearly a quarter of BP’s shareholders vote against chair reappointment; Retreat from ESG commitments due to political headwinds in the US
Italian pension funds in focus as strategic national fund seeks capital boost
The fund aims to raise between €1bn and €1.5bn in capital before engaging with international and large-scale investors
Swiss regulator warns on rising funding risks in occupational pensions
Stress test conducted by OAK BV on 1,237 pension funds finds that 57.4% would fall into underfunding in the event of a severe market downturn
Are investors mis-valuing corporate sustainability?
‘Valuation techniques are evolving and starting to integrate more information than they did in the past,’ says professor
Swiss pensions curb exposure to US dollar assets amid debt, policy concerns
Publica, Switzerland’s largest pension fund, has already underweighted US equities and is currently reviewing its overall investment strategy
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