All IPE articles in August 2024 (online)
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NewsPeople moves: Federated Hermes revamps private equity business
Plus: Impax chair retires; Cardano adds to risk solutions team
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NewsISSB, EU achieve high degree of interoperability in sustainability reporting
Sue Lloyd, ISSB chair, says that the ISSB, EFRAG and the European Commission ‘have collaborated to achieve a high degree of alignment’
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NewsItalian securities market regulator calls for improvement in ESG transparency
Regulator warns financial intermediaries that information on sustainable investment products has to be ‘increasingly clear, concise and understandable’
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NewsTPR report: ‘Missed opportunity’ as trustees focus on minimum ESG compliance
LCP says trustees should not approach ESG as a tick-box compliance exercise
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NewsUK investment management industry assets under management grow to £9.1trn
Research by the Investment Association shows that 49% of UK assets are managed on behalf of overseas clients, representing £4.5trn
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NewsIASB proposes illustrative examples to improve climate-related reporting
The proposals come in response to strong demand from investors who have complained that companies often fail to back up climate-related statements
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NewsSCA UK Pension Plan completes £1.1bn buy-in with Legal & General
The deal secures the benefits of 5,900 retirees and 3,600 deferred members
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NewsFrance’s FRR picks new CIO
Pierre-Olivier Billard, head of the fund’s asset allocation department, replaces Salwa Boussoukaya-Nasr
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AnalysisIPE UK Briefing: New UK government’s pensions review
Plus: New DWP secretary of state and pensions minister, The King’s Speech, DB Funding Code and a new bulk-annuity market entrant
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NewsIA calls for improvement in analysis of climate-related risks and opportunities
The report outlines the Investment Association’s plans to galvanise effective policymaking to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy.
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NewsBiodiversity foundation sets ambitious nature targets for investors
The guide has been developed in alignment with key initiatives on nature and climate change, including the TNFD, SBTN, and UNEP FI
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NewsAssofondipensione works on bond yield guarantee for fund of funds
The FoFs would have a two-tier structure, with one part of the assets invested in private equity to support the Italian real economy
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NewsScheme for Italian psychologists ups private market investments
It has committed €196.8m to private equity and venture capital investments, €98.8m to private debt and €17.4m to infrastructure
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NewsEurofer removes Amundi’s total return mandate
The scheme plans to allocate 10% of its ‘Bilanciato’ and ‘Dinamico’ sub-funds assets to alternative investments
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NewsAXA to focus on insurance business, sells asset management arm
The combination of AXA IM and BNP Paribas would create a leading European asset manager with total AUM of €1.5trn
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NewsEx-head of sustainable investment at BT Pension Scheme joins GIB
The UK-based sustainable asset manager said Barron would ‘drive the business’s sustainability agenda, sustainability frameworks and governance’
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NewsEnasarco grows exposure to Italian banking sector
Italian pension fund sees sector as of ‘strategic interest’
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NewsMaster trusts expected to overtake own trusts by 2029
But just over a quarter of respondents expect to retain an own trust structure five years from now
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NewsISSB sets out roadmap for BEES, human capital research effort
Research projects will address need for decision-useful information for investors
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NewsSwiss pension funds return 6.6% year-to-date in 2024
Events in the second quarter took the shine off a stronger first quarter
