All articles by Gail Moss
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Asset Class Reports
PenSam focuses on funds
Four European pension schemes outline their activity in the private credit market
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Asset Class Reports
Compenswiss: a newcomer to private credit
Four European pension schemes outline their activity in the private credit market
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Asset Class Reports
Denmark’s Lærernes ups its appetite for private credit risk
Lærernes Pension (LP), the pension fund for teachers in Denmark, started investing in private credit in 2018, in small amounts. In 2021 it made a more sizeable strategic allocation to the asset class.
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News
Growing gap in UK company mental health support, says UK research
CCLA benchmark is primarily designed as a tool to guide investors in engaging with companies, rather than using it to include or exclude companies from their portfolios
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Interviews
Pension funds on the record: stewardship and engagement
IPE asked European pension funds to outline their strategy at this year’s shareholder meetings
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Country Report
Norway: competition hots up in the municipal pensions market
The return of Storebrand signals an uptick in market activity
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Analysis
Europe's pension bodies struggle to make their voice heard on blanket EU rules
Horizontal regulation does not take into account the peculiarities of retirement schemes
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Special Report
Fiduciary management special report: Has the UK peaked?
After years of growth throughout the 2010s, the number of fiduciary mandates has levelled off. Will trustees still opt for fiduciary now that insurance risk transfer is cheaper and consolidator funds have received the green light?
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Analysis
Ireland’s new sovereign wealth fund
The planned Future Ireland Fund (FIF) aims to cover expected future costs such as pensions and healthcare
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Special Report
Class actions: Is Europe catching up with the US?
Europe’s institutional investors are latching on to the rewards of joining class actions against investee companies. Many of these are securities lawsuits, pursued when a publicly listed company has not properly disclosed or has misrepresented significant information, affecting the share price when the truth emerges. But so far, the vast majority of these have been in the US. In 2022, nearly $4.9bn (€4.6bn) was recovered in the US courts, according to Institutional Shareholder Services. So, what about class actions in Europe? “The US has had a class action system for over a hundred years that can be adopted for almost every cause of action, whereas the UK has only had class actions since 2015 and it is only available for competition cases,” says Harry McGowan, partner in the securities litigation department at law firm Stewarts.
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Country Report
Spanish pensions report 2023: funds ride a wave of uncertainty
Diversification remains a key tool in pension fund portfolios
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News
Spanish pension funds mirror global market surges with 2.3% return to June 2023
Asset allocation figures show that fixed income still dominates portfolios, although in declining proportions, with an average 55.3% allocation at end-June
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News
CEO commitment on mental health lacking, CCLA global benchmark shows
There is a clear economic case for investment in mental health at work, says CCLA stewardship lead
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News
Portuguese pension funds return 1.6% for Q2 2023
Global equities had the highest impact on performance over the quarter, with returns close to 6%, according to WTW
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News
Belgian pension funds bounce back with 4.5% H1 return
PensioPlus attributed the improved returns to an investment policy focused on long-term investments in the real economy
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Country Report
Clouds on the horizon for the fiduciary model in the Netherlands
Demand for fiduciary services has been buoyant but there are few predictions for a healthy future pipeline as the pension transition deadline approaches
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News
UK buyout market to grow to £60bn per year, say pension professionals
The SPP expects schemes to focus on resilience, against rising interest rates, defaults and longevity
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News
European trade associations slam active account requirement
Further efforts should focus on streamlining the supervisory framework for EU central counterparties across member states
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Special Report
Spain: New regulation introduces lifestyling
Government pushes through legislation package before elections last July
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Country Report
New pension rules set to transform France
After much opposition, profound changes to the retirement system take effect this month