All IPE articles in December 2018 (online)
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NewsMN CIO replaces Desfossés as climate change group vice chair
Gerald Cartigny joined the IIGCC board in June this year
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NewsAccounting roundup: Discount rates on the rise
Also: DB, DC plan definitions under IAS 19; IASB staff still working on DC discount rate anomaly
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NewsUK schemes in race against time to deal with GMP ruling
Actuaries warn companies and schemes have very little time left to deal with the impact of October’s equality ruling
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NewsESG: A responsible investment ‘wishlist’ for 2019
What would your wish be? NBIM, AP2, USS, Ircantec, APG, and the PRI share their aims for 2019
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NewsSpanish pension funds eke out return despite volatility
Occupational pension funds returned an average 0.7% for the 12 months to end-September
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NewsMore than 70 Dutch schemes back sustainable investment covenant
Agreement aims to increase pension funds’ worldwide influence on human rights, labour conditions and environment
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NewsSwiss regional parliament agrees to split €4bn pension fund
Canton of Wallis/Valais to close its public Pensionskasse and inject CHF1.35bn
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NewsEU sets out derivatives rules for no-deal Brexit
‘Temporary and conditional equivalence decision’ would allow counterparties in the UK to keep operating for another 12 months
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NewsPublic pension funds ‘underwhelmed’ by managers on ESG
LAPFF report ‘throws down the gauntlet’ for managers to up their stewardship
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NewsAP1 board criticises CEO Magnusson over travel expenses
Staff at Swedish buffer fund to take cheaper flights in future after supervisory board reviewed expenses policy
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NewsDutch scheme consolidation: APFs attract €8bn in two years
Number of Dutch pension funds dropped from 1,042 in 1998 to 240 this year
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NewsEU Council scraps IORP II delegated acts from green finance proposal
Council position means negotiations with the European Parliament can start on two of the Commission’s proposals
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NewsABP and defence unions in court over ‘complicated’ final salary plan
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund warns that mounting admin problems risk damaging its operations
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NewsWellcome Trust warns on private equity after stellar returns
UK charitable foundation nets 50% gains from co-investments and 32% from venture capital
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NewsPeople moves: New chairman for Unilever’s Dutch pensions [updated]
Unilever, British Airways, APG, FRC, Sabic, MFS, FundRock, AMF, Pantheon, Stone Harbor, NN IP, Aberdeen Standard, Pensions Ombudsman, DCG, Amundi
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NewsNetherlands roundup: FedEx to cut TNT Express pension fund
Plus: APG exits SME loans fund; ANWB scheme considering joining general pension fund
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NewsPGGM to invest €880m in specialist reinsurer
Joint venture with RenaissanceRe targets US property
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NewsUSS: Further delay to funding agreement risks regulatory action
Universities scheme proposes completing 2017 valuation without incorporating joint expert panel’s recommendations
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NewsUK roundup: Schroders’ DC funds pass ‘value for money’ test
Also: Reuters seals £625m risk transfer deal; DWP attempts to reassure on post-Brexit state pension payments
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NewsScheme consolidator secures £225m funding from credit specialist
TPG Sixth Street Partners to invest in Clara-Pensions, with backing set to rise to £500m
