Asset Allocation
In-depth reporting on asset allocation for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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InterviewsChurch 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
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NewsAsset owner-manager link a ‘critical choke point’ for climate action – LSE
CA100+ shows scale alone cannot drive corporate decarbonisation when asset-owner mandates still prioritise short-term returns, new LSE research concludes
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AnalysisNature finance frameworks bring clarity but struggle to unlock institutional allocations
Nature finance frameworks and guidance, from IIGCC, ISSB and TNFD, improve disclosure and risk management
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NewsTNFD calls for stronger due diligence on environmental crime
TNFD is encouraging investors to treat environmental crime as a financial risk requiring better data, due diligence and stewardship
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NewsDutch multi-sector scheme bucks trend by increasing US private equity exposures
PNO Media plans to boost US weighting in private equity portfolio and real estate
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: 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
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AnalysisMacro 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
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AnalysisSwiss pension funds pivot to infrastructure
Concerns about private credit have sharpened the awareness of Swiss Pensionskassen about liquidity and governance issues in private markets
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AnalysisAsset owner August insights: collaboration and equity risk
Read what’s topped the agenda of the European pension fund community over the past month, from regulation, private market deals, headline hires and asset allocation.
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FeaturesIPE Expectations indicator – August 2026: the British exception
Political risk remains elevated in all regions, but it is having a different on analysts’ expectation on the UK
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InterviewsManor 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
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NewsDiverging 2025 pension fund returns expose impact of asset allocation
‘Jurisdictions with higher equity exposure benefited more from the strong performance of global equity markets,’ says OECD in preliminary report
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NewsFRR invests €100m in new climate transition index strategy
Developed with BNP Paribas, the index aims to identify companies that will be able to transform their business models in line with international climate goals
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NewsGerman pension funds drawn into scrutiny over withholding tax fraud investigations
BaFin survey and court proceedings keep pension funds in focus as Germany pursues withholding tax fraud claims
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Opinion PiecesTwenty years of evidence: Is it time to reconsider microfinance?
Stefan Beiner, partner at Swiss consultancy c-alm and former CIO of Publica, one of Switzerland’s largest pension funds, unpicks the investment benefits of microfinance
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NewsItalian, German pension funds warn against compulsory SIU investment
Adepp and ABV reject mandatory pension fund allocations under European Union’s Savings and Investments Union
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InterviewsAlecta’s Pablo Bernengo on restructuring quickly – but with care
It has been a long road back for Sweden’s wounded pension manager Alecta. Pablo Bernengo, its head of asset management and soon-to-be CEO, talks to Caroline Liinanki about intense work and tough times, and the company’s plans for its one remaining headache
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NewsPensions regulator data shows modest private markets allocations across UK master trusts
Most UK master trusts have private market exposure, but few allocate more than 5% of default assets
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NewsSwiss pension funds reassess equity allocations as concentration risks mount
Consultants see Swiss pension funds refining equity allocations as concentration risks climb and rates remain low
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NewsDanish pension funds’ home bias still heavy, despite 2025 trim
IPD analysis also reveals Danish pension funds reduced US bonds exposure by a quarter last year
