All IPE articles in April 2022 (online)
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Centric quits Dutch pension admin market
The provider had been losing clients for some time and did not see sufficient opportunities for renewed growth
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Portuguese pension funds return 5.1% for calendar year 2021
The results for Q4 2021 were a combination of very strong equity returns – particularly from US equities – and low, or negative, returns from bonds
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Zurich speeds up net-zero path with carbon removal pre-purchase agreements
The insurer is partnering with marketplace Puro.earth and looking at technological solutions such as direct air capture and storage
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UN secretary general launches group to examine net-zero pledges
High-level expert group will assess current standards and definitions and recommend enhancements if they are found wanting
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NewsDutch institutional investors require oil and gas firms to decarbonise
The group, which includes PGGM and MN, calls on other international investors to endorse statement
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BVK to transfer €75bn to new Universal Investment management company
The new asset management company, called UI BVK KVG, will pool in total €150bn through funds of funds
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FX rigging claimants win bitter-sweet certification ruling
Proposed class members include financial institutions such as pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds and mutual funds
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NewsNorway doubles SWF’s scope for unlisted renewable infra to €25bn
Finance Ministry publishes annual white paper on Government Pension Fund
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Dutch funding ratios reach highest point in 10 years
The new high comes just as the country is preparing a shift to a DC system
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NewsGermany’s BVV names Christian Chrobok as new CIO
Chrobok succeeds Frank Egermann, who in turn has replaced Rainer Jakubowski
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Varma’s investment chief Rytsölä quits to head up Solidum
Reima Rytsölä shifts job to fill shoes of Antti Mäkinen, CEO of state-owned holding company
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NewsEIOPA launches climate risk-focused 2022 pension fund stress test
Stress test also aims to assess the effects of a rise in inflation on retirement income
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Solidarity buffer to absorb inflation shocks in new Dutch pension system
The exact rules that govern the additional measure still have to be worked out
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Danish pensions lobby proposes sector pitches in to build national defence
IPD proposes ‘completely new PPP collaboration’, in the light of the war in Ukraine
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€500m VAT windfall for Dutch pension funds in new DC system
Pension funds will get a VAT exemption because the switch to DC transfers investment risks away from pension funds to their members
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Mandate roundup: Alstom picks Mercer as fiduciary
Plus: Dutch scheme selects Symbiotics; European schemes search for equities, property managers
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AP7, CEPB lean on VW and Australian firms over climate lobbying
Swedish, Danish and UK pension funds demand increased climate lobbying transparency from German carmaker Volkswagen
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Co-ordinated UK industry campaign bids to crack pension engagement nut
15 providers and schemes support concentrated engagement season campaign being led by ABI and PLSA
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Centrica pension schemes hand over £10bn OCIO mandate
Newly-formed Schroders Solutions to absorb Centrica in-house investment specialists, led by CIO Chetan Ghosh
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IIGCC: New IPCC report ‘unequivocal about scaling up solution technologies’
IPCC chair says ‘we are at a crossroads’ as Working Group III releases paper on mitigation options, needs
