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In-depth reports, interviews, briefings, news and market data from Europe and further afield

Asia Pacific

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Japanese market finally lives up to expectations
GRI launches Sustainability Innovation Lab with IFRS Foundation support
Australian super funds expand their global footprint
Asia Investment - Special Report
How investors are positioned to capitalise in APAC private markets
Investors take a cautious asset allocation path on Asia
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust's Yoshio Hishida on Japan's unique position to attract investment
Concerns over plans for Australian super funds to provide advice
Norway’s SWF criticises Japan’s new M&A guidelines
Letter from Australia: Retail funds lured by private markets

Austria

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Austrian pension funds to lose 7.5% in asset value due to climate risks
Austrian Pensionskassen returns slow down in Q3
Austrian VBV increases fixed income exposure
Pension funds commit to first AllianzGI’s cross-asset private markets strategy
APK Pensionskasse holds equity strategy, while eyeing private debt
Austrian provident funds see spike in AUM to €17.5bn in H1
Austrian asset managers flock to equity, sustainable funds in H1
Austria sees Q2 uplift in pension fund assets
Austria: Pension industry faces an indifferent government
Allianz Austrian pension funds turn to impact investment funds

Belgium

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Belgian pension funds bounce back with 4.5% H1 return
Impact Cubed joins forces with Impact Orange Partners
Belgium: First-pillar reform caps highest pensions
Belgian government reaches deal on first-pillar pension reform
Belgian pension funds pass stress test even in unfavourable scenario
Low Countries’ COVID recovery funds contingent on pension reform
Pension funds on the record: how they manage LDI
Belgian pension funds maintain 4.02% long-term real return, says PensioPlus
European pensions sector fails to use clout in green finance policymaking
Belgium: Limited agreement on pension changes reached

CEE

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The Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
PZU TFI: Building the future of Polish pensions
Ukraine: The mother of all impact investments
Might Ukraine’s distressed assets one day look attractive to pension funds?
Country Report – Pensions in Central & Eastern Europe (January 2023)
Central & Eastern Europe: Poland’s qualified success with auto enrolment
Central & Eastern Europe: Kosovo Pensions Trust’s journey to maturity
Central & Eastern Europe: Tax breaks boost Romania’s pensions
Central & Eastern Europe: Lithuania’s growing interest in alternatives
Central & Eastern Europe: Will Bulgaria seize the PEPP opportunity?

EU

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Skandia stows $100m in Dutch-backed sustainability blended-finance fund
Concerns grow over fate of EU sustainability due diligence law
EIOPA chair pushes for action on pension dashboard, auto-enrolment, PEPP
Is the US finally heading for a soft landing?
Varma picks Ortec for performance management software
Plenty left for EU sustainable finance policy to tackle
What should EU investors do if the Republicans win the White House?
Swedes see refund from dropped Russian, East European premium pension funds
Ireland’s new €100bn SWF is no ‘rainy-day fund’, says McGrath
ESMA study fails to find a systematic greenium for sustainable bonds

France

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French dashboard to join European pension tracking service
ERAFP names 11 winners in multi-billion equities hiring spree
France’s ERAFP chooses credit managers for €8bn in new mandates
Viewpoint: Macron’s reform paves way for development of French second- and third-pillar pension
Pensions in France - IPE Country Report
New pension rules set to transform France
France moves ahead with innovative climate reporting rules
France’s new pension product smashes through target
France: Macron’s major pension reforms take effect
Pension funds on the record: The investors developing their own index methodologies

Germany

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German government cuts funds for first pillar reform
Social partner model on track to expand to ceramics, glass, paper industries
German baking industry starts DC options via BVV Pensionsfonds
Germany’s Growth Fund raises €1bn with Allianz, BlackRock, Generali backing
German lifeboat scheme increases members’ contributions
German government to make pension funds join dashboard
German open-ended Spezialfonds see ‘significantly lower’ inflows, says BVI
Occupational pension industry disappointed with IG Metall’s social partner model rebuff
German government drafts law to reform second pillar pension system
German investors face ESG exclusion/engagement dilemma

Ireland

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Ireland’s new sovereign wealth fund
Irish pensions auto-enrolment is a worthy challenge
Ireland – future pensions tiger
Irish Pensions Authority publishes own-risk assessment guidance
68% of Irish DC schemes plan to wind up and transfer to alternative arrangement
IORP II drives fall in Irish pension scheme numbers, says Pensions Authority
Ireland: All systems go for national auto-enrolment
LifeSight reaches €2bn AUM in Ireland ahead of auto-enrolment arrival
Ireland moves step closer to auto-enrolment setup
Pensions Authority launches research on IORP II implementation in Ireland

Italy

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Fondaereo plans to turn into a cross-border European scheme
Italian pension funds see number of members increase in Q3
Monte dei Paschi scheme starts manager selection for private markets investment
Fondo Pegaso adopts ESG index in latest manager selection tenders
Italian government faces backlash on targeted pension changes
Inarcassa’s new strategy sees cuts to equity in favour of bonds, infrastructure
Fondo Pegaso issues tenders for bonds, multi-asset mandates
Energy company set to pay ‘largest ever step-up’ on sustainability-linked bonds
Inarcassa considers higher exposure to illiquids, infrastructure
Italy’s managers union starts legal action against INPS and government

Latin America

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Emerging market corporates struggle to sway bond investors
Alecta says $75m blue bond investment meets sustainability, risk/return needs
Emerging Market Debt: Populism battles ESG in Latin America
AP7, KLP join retailers in urging Brazil to throw out Amazon bill
Brazil’s allure defies negative signals
Tyne and Wear pension fund shares in $62.5m class action payout
Brazil ministers meet investors to discuss deforestation fears
ATP resorts to DKK13m divestment after Mexican mining giant fails to engage
PRI hits 500th asset owner signatory ‘milestone’ with Colombian fund
Institutional investors’ delegation to visit tailings dam communities

Netherlands

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BpfBouw crowned most sustainable Dutch pension fund
ABP is too big to be an active investor, says president
Pension reform to continue despite election result, says Dutch minister
Shock Dutch election result throws pension reform into doubt
Grandfathering option will make Dutch pension transition successful, says Agnes Joseph
Netherlands violates freedom of movement principle, ECJ rules
Dutch pension sector fears double-digit admin cost rise ahead of election
Election result is bad news for the pension sector
Dutch pension funds fear ‘ill-fated idea’ to grandfather accruals
The pension consolidation masters: learning from the Netherlands

Nordic region

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Skandia stows $100m in Dutch-backed sustainability blended-finance fund
ATP boasts that its strength allows 3% uprating, but for pensioners only
Norway’s SWF sets out plan to become $40-70bn private equity investor
Sudden exit for Alecta’s legal chief as troubled giant gives legal more focus
Swedish agency outlines next €17bn of premium pension tenders
Danish pension funds’ unlisted allocations reach 23%
TELA warns pensions stabilisation system could mean end to defined benefit
Nearly half of Danes want ATP to lose its monopoly, lobby argues
Sweden’s FSA reports individuals to police for corruption in Alecta/Heimstaden case
KLP posts Q3 loss after NOK6bn property write-down

North America

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Is the US finally heading for a soft landing?
Fiera Capital: Montreal’s succession story
Active management is back on the menu for US pensions
SEC cracks down on private equity and hedge funds
What should EU investors do if the Republicans win the White House?
Inversion anxiety: what’s up with yield curves in 2023
Credit investors ready for a possible US recession
US pension funds hone in on private credit
NBIM’s Shanghai exit: more than ‘operational’ adjustment’
AP2 helps German think tank develop portfolio tool to assess deforestation risk

Spain & Portugal

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Spanish pensions report 2023: funds ride a wave of uncertainty
Spanish pension funds mirror global market surges with 2.3% return to June 2023
Portuguese pension funds return 1.6% for Q2 2023
Case study: Caja de Ingenieros Gestion - The rise of smart beta
Portugal: Social security surplus funds pension boost
Spain: New regulation introduces lifestyling
Portuguese pension funds return -11.4% for calendar year 2022
Spanish pension funds mirror global market falls with 8.8% loss for 2022
Spanish insurer MAPFRE adds SRI approach to all asset managers’ strategies
Contributions lowest in Sweden, Finland, but highest in Italy, Denmark, study finds

Switzerland

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Swiss government reviews first and second pillar pensions
UBS to examine integration of Credit Suisse pension fund
Swiss schemes to start engagement on biodiversity, nature protection via Ethos
GAM partners with Investcorp-Tages, transfers UK equity income team
Swiss pension funds’ alternatives achieve better returns at higher costs
Publica uses democracy index to invest in government bonds
Pension funds ride out the macro uncertainty
Reform of the AT1 bond market
Publica tenders €2bn in corporate bonds mandates via IPE Quest
Swiss groups slam government’s decision to increase minimum interest rate

United Kingdom

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Brunel Pension Partnership achieves 75.4% reduction in reserves intensity
Net zero alignment commitments shoot up for UK pension funds
Trustees expect more from new bulk annuity market entrants
Trustees considering capital backed journey plan urged to engage with regulator
Smart Pension to provide pension to 62,000 ISS UK employees
Boots pension scheme completes largest single transaction with L&G
Co-op pension fund insures remaining £4bn of liabilities
SEI completes acquisition of National Pension Trust
UK’s Autumn Statement proposals encourage DB schemes to run on
UK’s pension regulator to enhance approach to master trusts

Countries and regions

Asia Pacific
Austria
Belgium
CEE
EU
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Latin America
Netherlands
Nordic region
North America
Spain & Portugal
Switzerland
United Kingdom

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