IPE's France Coverage – Page 5
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Features
Briefing: France decrees biodiversity reporting
France, having pioneered mandatory climate-risk reporting by investment firms, again breaks new ground by requiring biodiversity reporting in the same sector.
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News
Mandate roundup: ERAFP adds mid-caps to US equity strand
Plus: AP7 reappoints ISS, seeks help with upcoming treasury process review
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NewsFRR’s Rousseau calls out excessive expectations of finance over climate
Executive director calls for public authorities to act to ‘reward and validate steps taken by decent investors’
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InterviewsOn the record: Value makes a comeback
IPE asked two European institutional investors what biases are built in their equity portfolios, as value equities show signs of new-found strength
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NewsFRR reports 1% performance for 2020 as withdrawals weigh
French reserve fund says performance was affected by ‘prudent bias’ given exceptional withdrawals
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French groups agree ‘demanding’ definition for impact investing
FIR and France Invest publish report about conclusions reached by working group of investment professionals
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NewsFRR seeks new equity indices for Paris-alignment mandates
Further fossil fuel reduction and overweighting of solution-bringers on the cards
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ERAFP retenders €475m in domestic equity mandates
French civil servant pension fund is renewing the mandates
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NewsEC’s sustainable governance play: Asset owners wary of potential snags
A good EU legal framework would help to institutionalise the process of just climate transition, says UK’s LAPFF
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France’s Af2i adopts ‘raison d’être’ embracing long-termism
Long-term perspective needs to be at heart of public debate, economic and political decision-making, says French institutional investor association
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NewsDutch and French regulators in joint call for ESG rating regulation
The two regulators want the proposed regulation to focus on “lack of transparency”
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ERAFP wins jury’s prize in climate reporting awards
French government-backed awards aim to recognise and promote advances in climate reporting
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AP1 spurs more fossil-free funds as TOBAM adapts EM, HY
Swedish state pension buffer fund says initiative is a milestone
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Country ReportFrance: U-turn for FRR
COVID-19 has put paid to the FRR pension reserve fund’s planned transition to a new status and investment model
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Country ReportFrance: Steady workplace demand
New occupational pension savings plans are taking root, despite the lack of a regulatory push from pension reforms
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Country ReportFrance: Institutional market barometer
A snapshot of France’s institutional investment landscape as seen through the lens of Indefi’s latest survey
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News
Asset managers progress biodiversity impact measurement plan
Two-player consortium selected as research provider for work on biodiversity impact measurement tool
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NewsAllianz France launches €13bn pension financing vehicle
Allianz Retraite is the sixth so-called FRPS to be created
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Special ReportFrance: Reforms freeze in face of pandemic
Economic damage inflicted by COVID-19 halts plans to unify France’s 42 second-pillar schemes
