IPE's France Coverage – Page 5
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NewsContributions lowest in Sweden, Finland, but highest in Italy, Denmark, study finds
Finnish Centre for Pensions compares totality of contributions in eight European countries
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InterviewsIrcantec: Aiming for core sustainability
Myriam Métais andCécilia Lyet (pictured) of France’s Caisse des Dépôts talk to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about managing the reserves of Ircantec, the supplementary scheme for public sector employees
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in France (October) 2022
The French pension system is in good health with a first-pillar pay-as-you-go system in surplus. But long-term forecasts are cause for concern, showing that the French state will have to raise expenditure on pensions from the current 13% to nearly 15% of GDP to maintain the system.
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Country ReportFrance: First-pillar pension reform faces impasse
The French state faces growing expenditure on pension but attempts to reform the system have stalled
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Country ReportFrance: Third-pillar pensions and sustainability take centre stage
Clémence Droin, senior engagement manager at Indefi, talks to IPE about the two main areas of focus for the French institutional investment community lack of a regulatory push from pension reforms
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Country ReportFrance: The biodiversity reporting enigma
France’s financial institutions must report on biodiversity impacts but face a lack of corporate data push from pension reforms
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Special Report
France: New government revives pension reform
Under Emmanuel Macron’s second presidential term, the French government hopes to achieve an overhaul of the first-pillar pension system
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French groups agree sponsored research charter in post-MIFID II move
Move follows recommendation of financial regulator and drop in number of companies covered by independent research
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France’s UMR to incorporate as new pension fund vehicle
A dedicated pensions mutual, UMR considers the FRPS regime to be better suited to it as a long-term actor
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Ircantec exits dozen companies as new climate policy kicks in
Divested companies include Anglo American, BP, Mitsubishi, and Repsol
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NewsFrance’s FRR announces 6.95% return, highlights domestic financing
Result keeps asset shrinkage to €315m
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Amundi sets out post-Lyxor acquisition AUM aims
Lyxor is now a subsidiary of Amundi and in a second phase will be merged into Amundi
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IPE Conference: AP4, AXA IM lament carbon pricing absence
AXA economist regrets US political inability to bring in “bonus/malus system” for power generation firms
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NewsIrcantec sets 2030 deadline for non-1.5°C-aligned oil and gas holdings
French public sector scheme also tightening coal exclusion criteria, upping allocation to energy transition investments
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NewsFrench provider in partnership talks with Sienna IM amid PER growth
Discussions ‘symptomatic’ of wider trends in pensions and investments, says consultant
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in France (October 2021)
President Macron’s pension reforms were pretty much shredded by the pandemic. Asset managers and policymakers had been hoping that a successful reform programme would channel savings into supplementary pension vehicles like the FRPS. Instead, progress has been very slow indeed. We also profile the public sector scheme Ircantec and highlight Indefi’s latest research on the French institutional market.
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Country ReportFRPS: Awaiting lift off
France’s new form of supplementary pension fund is only gaining traction slowly
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Country ReportIrcantec: High ESG ambitions
Ircantec’s latest four-year plan has a strong emphasis on social responsibility
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Country ReportResearch: The French experience
Outsourcing to third-party managers and the push towards defined contribution pensions were key themes in a year made difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic
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ERAFP tackles discount rate for best use of investment freedoms
French pension fund is gradually adding more equities and alternatives
