All IPE articles in February 2025 (online) – Page 4
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NewsMore guidance needed for UK councils reducing pension contributions
Kensington and Chelsea Pension Fund’s investment committee have voted for council pension contributions to be cut to zero
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NewsScheme for machinery dealership completes £250m buy-in deal
The bulk purchase annuity insures benefits of 2,170 members
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NewsSEC moves to ditch climate disclosure rules under Trump
The US regulator’s acting chair, Mark Uyeda, described the rules as ‘deeply flawed’
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NewsPIC CEO Tracy Blackwell to retire after 20 years of service
The board has now processed with the formal search for successor
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NewsInflows to Spezialfonds stagnates as investors eye direct fixed income allocations
Spezialfonds also failed to record higher inflows year-on-year in 2024 from retirement benefit schemes
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NewsUK government urged to consolidate small pots by default
The IFS found that in 2023 there were an ‘astonishing’ 12.1 million DC pension pots worth under £1,000 that are no longer being contributed to
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NewsGermany’s Aba doubtful of EU’s plans to launch savings products
Aba’s Cornelia Schmid says strengthening a capital-funded pension provision is necessary not only in Germany, but in most EU member states
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NewsABP to up infra investments in new pension system
In its investment strategy for the new DC pension system, the Dutch civil service scheme will increase the share of private market investments from 20% to 30%
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: UK taxonomy: good idea or bad idea?
Plus: European Commission’s omnibus initiative; NBIM on decarbonisation; NEST in talks with managers that left climate initiatives
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NewsPeople moves: SEI appoints DC client relationship director
Plus: ZEDRA adds two senior appointments; ESMA names chair for Markets Standing Committee
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NewsTech stocks, private markets bump up Previmoda’s returns
The scheme’s sub-funds ‘Smeraldo Bilanciato’, ‘Rubino Azionario’ and ‘Garantito’ have seen returns of 6.05%, 8.84% and 4.13%, respectively
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NewsBrunel’s Ward to help steer UK Transition Finance Council
Faith Ward hopes new body will ‘deliver tangible progress in enabling transition finance for the UK, and globally’
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NewsNorway’s new Arctic SWF unit hires first three portfolio managers
Ulf Nore, Tonje Roti and Ola Oppegaard appointed to work in Tromsø at Folketrygdfondet’s new asset management union from mid-April
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NewsKeva, Ilmarinen funding rates boosted by 10.4%, 8.6% returns
Strong solvency and improved efficiency directly seen by clients as lower prices, says Ilmarinen CEO
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NewsIrcantec puts €250m into sustainable fund from Nomura
The fund is classified as ‘Article 9’ under the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation
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NewsGermany’s Sustainable Finance Beirat pushes to amend SFDR, CSRD
Advisory group suggests improving the CSRD by reducing the number of data points required
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NewsWhat’s in the EU’s new work plan for 2025?
Commission is sticking with FiDA and plans to reduce sustainability rules, but delaying IORP, SDR and SFDR reviews
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NewsAsset owners spell out climate stewardship expectations of asset managers
Joint statement authored by UK asset owners aims to ‘empower’ asset managers to raise climate stewardship bar
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Sweden’s national pensions buffer funds to be trimmed down
Plus: ATp on guarantee-based business model; Norway’s SWF returns
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NewsInarcassa re-invests assets in sustainable high yield bonds
The scheme also plans to boost in the next five years its alternative investments by over €900m
