Asset management roundup: ERAFP awards €2bn currency mandate
Also: JP Morgan and BlackRock partner for ESG indices; Amundi launches leveraged loan fund
Joseph Mariathasan: Why a Danish inn suggests a post-Brexit trade problem
The restoration of Danish links with India suggest post-Brexit trade deals for the UK will not be straightforward
The European asset owners aiming to make an ‘impact’
Various investors are prepping or considering impact-oriented investments
Asset management roundup: DWS integrates UN SDGs
Plus: Trade body links with careers group for diversity push; La Banque Postale’s SRI pledge; more managers sign LGPS code
French central bank formalises responsible investment stance
Responsible investment charter reflects and ‘amplifies’ ongoing practice for €20bn portfolio
Asset management roundup: FCA to scrutinise Aviva over preference shares
Also: Metzler sets up dedicated pensions arm; La Française acquires Inflection Point; Schroders opens fintech incubator
Alecta, ERAFP among backers of $1.4bn EM green bond fund
IFC and Amundi launch fund to coax developing market companies into green bond issuance
French private sector pension scheme deficit falls to €1.2bn
Invested reserves generated returns of €1.5bn
French supportive of Macron’s mooted pension reform: survey
Survey shows public is favourable towards more egalitarian system
French reserve fund gains 7%, targets more impact investments
Impact investing tender to feature in busy year for mandates for FRR
French institutional investor body prepares for pension reform
Pensions to become greater focus with key reforms in the pipeline
Asset management roundup: French regulator examines fund fees
Plus: ‘Value for money’ tool for funds; Aberdeen private fund launch, stewardship questions over Carillion
French public sector scheme Ircantec to divest from tobacco
Board also agrees new investment to support local and citizen-led renewable energy initiatives
Asset management roundup: Natixis spreads its wings in real assets
Plus: Franklin Templeton buys Edinburgh Partners, Tikehau backs venture capital firm
FRR awards €5bn in liability-matching mandates
AXA IM and Amundi appointed to run assets to help meet payments to social security system
One Planet Summit: Investors, regulators ‘raise their game’
European Commission on investor duties; AXA IM climate policy; Climate Action 100+ challenged
Investor pledges, demands and criticism as Paris Agreement turns two
High level events in Paris galvanise flurry of climate-change-related announcements
ESG roundup: UK pension fund body warns members on climate risk
Plus: Southern Europeans lauch investor network, UK government backs social impact, green finance
Mandate roundup: German fund in €1bn LDI search on IPE Quest
Plus: ERAFP tenders out €2bn currency hedging mandate
ESG roundup: France's Ircantec launches energy poverty initiative
Plus: IIGCC, Brunel Pension Partnership, ICGN, Ethos, Aon
Pensions In France: Why make it simple?
French pension schemes are up in arms over plans for a decree they say imposes harmful constraints on how they manage their assets. Susanna Rust reports
Asset Allocation: A diversification call
Gail Moss writes that French pension providers are looking to diversify their asset allocation to counter political and economic uncertainty
Ircantec raises risk profile
Appointing an overlay manager is the corollary of a new strategic asset allocation at the €9.8bn French public sector scheme. Susanna Rust reports
Swiss accounting body warns on pension fund audit quality
Ongoing independent oversight needed, says federal body
Accounting regulator cuts pension scheme levy, warns of future rises
FRC says its voluntary levy on pension funds and insurers could increase over the next three years
‘Toothless’ accounting watchdog to face wide-ranging governance probe
Former Legal & General chairman Sir John Kingman will lead review of FRC’s governance, conflicts of interest and accountability
Tesco halves pension deficit through accounting change
£3bn wiped off DB scheme shortfall after an update to its discount rate model
Accounting roundup: IFRS questions EU plans to modify rules
Plus: IASB framework reintroduces prudence; FRC hits back at criticism
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