All IPE articles in December 2025 (online)
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NewsIPE Awards: Swedish Fund Selection Agency wins European pension fund gong
Diego Valero takes this year’s Outstanding Industry Contribution award
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NewsIPE Conference 2025: Europe, private markets and realism in ESG - key takeaways
The conference, held in Seville, highlighted sustainable investing pitfalls, private markets, and the case for European asset allocations
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AnalysisUK pensions minister to introduce statutory guidance on fiduciary duty
But the formal proposal for an amendment to legislation has proved popular with MPs
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NewsAlecta loses in arbitration over loss-making Heimstaden Bostad holding
Swedish pensions giant’s CEO Peder Hasslev: ‘Good we now have more clarity’
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NewsEU unveils financial markets integration package
Commission hopes reforms will break down cross-border silos and boost capital-market scale
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NewsCDC rollout risks faltering without clearer government roadmap
Collective Defined Contribution pension funds could be a ‘game-changer’, but only if people understand it, consultants say
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NewsDow unifies German pension plans with new auto-enrolment set up
New employees joining any German Dow site from this year are automatically enrolled on the Dow Pension Plan
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NewsStagecoach transfers £1.2bn pension fund to Aberdeen
Aberdeen will receive a minority share of any surplus generated
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NewsPeople moves: Former SAMCo deputy CIO joins AustralianSuper
Plus: Railpen has appointed a new director of member experience
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AnalysisAre governments finally hearing investors when it comes to climate finance?
Some experts say governments still do not understand what counts as an investment-ready pipeline of assets
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NewsGerman companies pressed to fast-track Pensionsfonds transfers before tax cuts
Mercer urges German companies to fast-track any planned expansion of direct pension promises or benefit upgrades
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NewsAustrian VBV surpasses €10bn with IBM pensions deal
VBV has absorbed more than €1bn in assets and around 30,000 members from Austrian company pension funds over the past two decades
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NewsPeople’s Pension adds to equity manager roster with £3.6bn EM mandate
Appointing Robeco represents a shift from a passive approach to an active quantitative strategy for UK pension fund’s emerging markets portfolio
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NewsUK’s Church Commissioners ‘sharpens’ criteria for defence investments
The new approach will make it ‘harder to invest in companies linked to oppressive regimes’, says Church Commissioners for England
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NewsFour major investor groups join good governance campaign
The campaign will focus engagement on the Draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill
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NewsGerman dentists’ fund faces major losses amid probe into past mismanagement
Pension fund VZB is trying to avoid pension cuts
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NewsSweden’s FI launches probe into costly individual occupational pensions
Financial watchdog delivers government-mandated mapping report of pensions and investment costs
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch GP fund defies buy-and-hold equity promise
Plus: With the Dutch pension transition gearing up, the Dutch market for buyouts, estimated to be worth some €20-30bn, appears to be accelerating
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NewsEU plans guidance, investment plans and financial instruments to tackle climate resilience
Introduction of national adaptation plans that unlock ‘the full potential of private-sector funding’ have been put forward
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NewsTrustees urged to upskill as pension funds embrace private markets
‘Private market allocations have nearly tripled across UK pension schemes since 2019’, says Pensions Management Institute guide
