AXA IM to invest €100m as part of major corporate overhaul
Former NN Investment Partners CIO Hans Stoter to lead fixed income business as part of changes
France launches citizens’ pension reform input platform
Reform high commissioner Delevoye launches platform built on open democracy principles
Pensions at UK subsidiaries ‘an extra burden for French firms’
Report finds British DB schemes account for third of French parent company liabilities
France’s FRR addresses Brexit concerns in manager search
Pension reserve fund proposes workaround for UK managers bidding for small-cap equity mandates
France’s Af2i launches trustee financial training initiative
Initiative is the remit of a new ‘training and academic research’ committee
French public sector funds tender small cap, EM credit mandates
Both funds specify that managers must have regard to ESG considerations
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
Loi PACTE: Seeking workplace simplicity
Loi PACTE proposal aims to simplify and unify employee supplementary savings regimes
En Marche for pension reform
President Emmanuel Macron’s promised pension system reform is a work in progress
Pension Regimes: Compulsory schemes
Liberté, egalité, diversité: an outline of France’s pension regimes
Af2i: Open for business
Jean-François Boulier, president of Af2i outlines his association’s activities and ambitions
Former MEP says ‘fatally flawed’ FRC should be shut down
Sharon Bowles argues for new accounting body as independent review begins
Accounting roundup: EU advisers approve controversial DB changes
Plus: European Parliament flags concerns over IFRS 17; FRC plots new governance code for this year
Pressure building on UK audit regulator’s leadership as inquiry begins
Sir John Kingman has begun gathering evidence for his review of the Financial Reporting Council
The price of skill
It remains to be seen whether pension funds regain their appetite for higher-fee alternative strategies that have fallen out of favour in recent years
Technological diffusion is fraught
It is easy to forget just how long it can take for an invention to become a pervasive technology. Even the most brilliant idea can take time before it is widely adopted
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