All IPE articles in August 2021 (online)
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NewsSwiss pension funds record highest returns as commodities outperform
Private pension schemes have reached a new high in terms of their estimated funding ratio with 123.3% at the end of June
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News‘Platform DC’ is where it’s at for asset managers, says INDEFI
Consultancy projects DC market surpassing €10bn by 2030
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NewsFolksam boosts solvency in H1; CEO stresses firm’s influencer role
Swedish pensions and insurance group posts 6.5% return for life unit, 7.2% for KPA Pension
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NewsUK asset owners ‘take charge’ on diversity disclosure
Key component of new ’Charter’ is an asset manager diversity and inclusion questionnaire
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NatWest Group DB scheme in 15-year ‘later living’ JV with L&G
The pension fund has also committed to acquiring all the developed fully-occupied villages outright
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BaFin starts consultation to address greenwashing
Supervisor suggests three ways in which funds can be entitled to a ‘sustainable’ description
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Industry corner: Folksam and KPA bedeck HQ to support diversity
Swedish group creates rainbow light installation on Stockholm tower for display during Pride Week
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Pension funds, investors set grand plan to make steel sector decarbonise
‘Business as usual no longer acceptable,’ says Sweden’s AP funds ethics chief
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AnalysisAnalysis: IFRS proposals for constitution changes jarring for some investors
The proposed amendments to the IFRS Foundation are to accommodate the potential formation of a sustainability reporting standards board
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Cost transparency provider targets European rollout
ClearGlass has built up substantial base of detailed cost and performance data for the UK market
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Academics call on Norway to sign €1.1trn SWF up to net-zero pledge
Group of 34 economists, experts urge GPFG to announce membership of Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance at COP26 in November
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Lombard Odier challenges TPI, 2DII responses to TCFD metrics consult
Asset manager says feedback misrepresents, or risks misrepresenting, implied temperature rise metrics
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People moves: Impax bolsters Dublin team; bfinance picks ESG director
Impax, bfinance, Hargreaves Lansdown, Dalriada Trustees, Cardano, Federated Hermes, T. Rowe Price, Natixis
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NewsSwiss scheme seeks adviser for multi-manager allocation of $500-800m
Plus: UK Tate Galleries seeks DC pensions provider
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London pension fund swaps investment for greener solution
This decision further excludes fossil fuel extraction companies from the scheme’s portfolio
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NewsFRC fines KPMG £13m, sanctions restructuring unit partner [updated]
KPMG and Costley-Wood’s actions allowed HIG Group to snap up Silentnight out of insolvency while £100m of pension liabilities were transferred to the PPF
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NewsIndustry calls on UK government to remove barriers for ‘investment big bang’
Over 80% of UK DC pension funds’ investments are in mostly listed securities, which represent only 20% of the UK’s assets
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NewsAccounting round-up: FRC ups enforcement, focuses on DB accounting
Plus: IASB disclosure requirements project; FRC’s feedback statement on non-financial reporting
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EC advisors release draft criteria for non-climate taxonomy objectives
A group of about 100 experts delivered 102 draft technical screening criteria
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NewsL&G sees 2021 pension risk transfer volumes ending up at £25bn
Around £5bn of bulk annuity transactions have been publicly declared so far this year
