Asset Managers
In-depth reporting on asset managers for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsEU ministers agree package to ease cross-border fund management
Cross-border fund reforms and supervisory changes move closer as member states agree their negotiating position on capital markets integration
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AnalysisSEC scrutiny unlikely to halt European pension funds’ climate collaboration
European pension funds defend collaborative climate engagement as US regulatory scrutiny raises concerns over shareholder stewardship
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NewsM&G targets DC pension demand with diversified private credit LTAF
The LTAF launches with £74m, including capital from M&G’s £138bn With Profits Fund
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ResearchWhat’s driving the Netherlands’ €2.5trn institutional market? IPE’s exclusive market insight report
Dutch institutional assets have increased for the third consecutive year and are edging towards the €2.5trn mark, while the assets managed on behalf of Dutch pension fund clients are just shy of €2trn, after increasing for the third year in a row
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NewsAegon AM to transfer €26bn Dutch fiduciary business to Van Lanschot Kempen
Aegon AM’s Dutch fiduciary assets will shift to Van Lanschot Kempen as the firms deepen their partnership in alternative fixed income
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NewsOsmosis revises equity factors to capture innovation and resource risks
The firm has launched iSTOXX Osmosis Multi Factor Transition Indices, which offer single-factor, multi-factor and sustainability-integrated strategies
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NewsCaisse des Dépôts to scrap new debt financing to oil producers
The restriction will apply to companies such as TotalEnergies from January 2027
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NewsAsset managers shift from product expansion to rationalisation
Northern Trust research finds that asset managers are cutting products, outsourcing operations and tightening costs as AI reshapes growth strategies
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NewsAchmea sets up EM debt impact vehicle with ILX for Dutch pension funds
Netherlands’ fourth-largest pensions manager links up with specialist asset manager to provide access to loans originated by development banks
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: bpfBOUW selects BlackRock as fiduciary management candidate
Plus: Dutch court orders ExxonMobil to make additional pension payments; Pensioenfonds Detailhandel hedges 80% of its equity exposure
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Managers of Dutch institutional assets 2026
Dutch institutional assets have increased for the third consecutive year and are edging towards the €2.5trn mark, while the assets managed on behalf of Dutch pension fund clients are just shy of €2trn, after increasing for the third year in a row.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Emerging market debt 2026
The headline figure from IPE’s survey of emerging market debt (EMD) assets invested on behalf of global and European institutions has been volatile in recent years.
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AnalysisAsset management innovation scorecard: ETFs, AI and outsourcing reshape the industry
Asset growth continues apace, yet profitability is heading south. Faced with this irony of riches, the asset management industry has sought to re-engineer itself in the wake of seismic forces over which it has had little control.
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Asset Class ReportsFinisterre's Damien Buchet on building an all-weather emerging market debt total return strategy
Damien Buchet says Finisterre’s EMD strategy is an ‘all-weather’ approach designed to deliver optimal outcomes in any market condition
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InterviewsBarings CEO Michael Freno: "The private credit opportunity extends well beyond direct lending"
Barings CEO Michael Freno tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the firm’s strategy to build out its capabilities in public and private credit, insurance solutions, real assets and emerging markets
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Asset Class ReportsMiddle East fixed income: Ninety One's Victoria Harling on MENA credit opportunity
Victoria Harling at Ninety One says that despite geopolitical unrest, the Middle East is very much “open for business”
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NewsUBP shifts beyond 100% SBTi coverage
Union Bancaire Privée is replacing its target of achieving 100% Science Based Targets initiative coverage across its impact portfolios by end-2026
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NewsBNP Paribas AM reorganises €1.7trn platform around alternatives, active management
Asset manager puts alternatives, active management and institutional distribution at the centre of its enlarged platform
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AnalysisAsset managers gear up for Germany’s three-pillar pension overhaul
Germany’s pension overhaul is prompting asset managers to develop strategies spanning state, occupational and private retirement savings
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Opinion PiecesDear CIOs: Let’s talk about the asset owner-isation of the UK
As UK pension asset owners grow in scale, investment partnerships must evolve to put decision-making, accountability and members at the centre
