All IPE articles in January 2024 (online) – Page 6
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NewsInarcassa grows AUM to over €14bn as bonds, equities rebound
The pension fund for self-employed engineers and architects in Italy recorded a gross operating result of approximately 7.7% last year
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NewsUnisys pension schemes complete buy-in with Standard life
£300m bulk annuity purchase will secure the benefits of 2,400 members
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NewsTPR publishes private markets guidance for trustees
TPR says trustees who do not have skills or resource to explore diversified portfolios should consider changing governance model or consolidating
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NewsWhat does Thames Water’s valuation dip mean for UK pension funds?
Earlier this month USS cut the value of its investment in Thames Water from £956m to £364.4m
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NewsTransition Plan Taskforce extends mandate to ensure high-integrity transition finance goals
TPT’s newly-launched review will consider what the UK needs to do to become a leading hub for transition financial services
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NewsPublica makes first infrastructure investment as part of strategic shift
The fund is pursuing a four-year plan to put the new strategy in place
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NewsSwiss pension funds profit from equities, bonds, currency hedging strategies
Alternative investments added diversification to portfolios, but delivered mixed results in 2023, says PPCmetrics
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Podcast#3 Leaders in Investment Podcast: Conversation with Mads Gosvig and John Greaves, Railpen
IPE editorial director Liam Kennedy interviews two of Railpen’s senior directors: Mads Gosvig, chief officer, fiduciary and investment management and John Greaves, director of fiduciary management.
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NewsPeople moves: Railpen’s Caroline Escott joins Vote Reporting Group as co-chair
Plus: NextGen Pensions picks Escott’s replacement; Barnett Waddingham strengthens governance and secretariat team
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NewsGlobal ESG, sustainable fund flows fall for first time into negative territory
Investor interest for ESG appears to have waned amid a continuously challenging macroeconomic and geopolitical backdrop
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NewsUK defined benefit scheme sponsors expected to increase professional trustees' use
The new General Code is expected to bring on more challenges on in-house trustees
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NewsWork kicks off on database for standardised avoided emissions calculation
Database will initially cover nearly 10,000 ‘avoidance factors’
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NewsLCP calls on investment managers to focus on real world emissions
The firm has increased expectations on investment managers when it comes to climate change goals, and asks managers to help mitigate systemic climate risk
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NewsIIGCC nears guidance on addressing Scope 3 in investment portfolios
Asset-level engagement in material sectors and categories the way forward, working group suggests
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NewsGRI revamps biodiversity standard, issues call for investor engagement
Understanding the impacts of organisations is ‘crucial aspect of implementing global solutions to halt and even reverse the damage and address existential threats’, says Carol Adams
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NewsDutch pension fund returns back in positive territory
But funding ratios mostly fell as four of the five funds indexed pensions
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NewsLGPS fully funded position to stay despite a drop
Funding levels fell to 101% as at 31 December 2023, from 108% as at 31 October 2023
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NewsEU parliament writes two-year delay into ESG reporting rules
The decision to delay the implementation of the new standards was welcomed by Eurosif
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NewsFirst DC pensions for German financial industry is officially launched
The official start of the social partner model for the banking industry is ‘a milestone in retirement provision in the financial sector and beyond’ says Marco Hermann
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NewsInvestors bemoan ExxonMobil legal move against shareholder climate resolution
Oil and gas major says it turned to court in bid to ‘stop abuse’ of shareholder proposal process
