All IPE articles in July 2019 (online) – Page 4
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Energy firm awards Aon £400m fiduciary mandate as new rules bed in [updated]
Schneider Electric awarded fiduciary management contract after competitive tender in accordance with new laws in force since early June
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Denmark’s LD partners with charity for revised ownership policy
LD Pensions has teamed up with UK-based charity Future-Fit Foundation, using its framework to shape the pension fund’s new engagement and ownership policy
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NEST anticipates hitting £10bn by end-March 2020
The authorised master trust is growing rapidly, with assets under management doubling to reach £5.7bn at the end of March
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AP4 CEO: Strong H1 returns sign of still-volatile market
Niklas Ekvall stresses shortcomings of government proposal regarding illiquid investments
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Nordea Life & Pension Sweden makes €2.1bn sustainable investment shift
Swedish pension provider says move halved the portfolio’s carbon footprint
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FTSE 350 discount rates more bunched around average – report
Hymans Robertson suggests greater bunching an effect of tougher oversight, higher yields
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EIOPA opinion on ESG misrepresents IORP II, says PensionsEurope [updated]
‘Incorrect to indicate that pension funds are required to take ESG factors into consideration as part of investment policy’
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EIOPA IORP II opinions refuel prudential requirement fears [updated]
PensionsEurope said the opinions do not reflect the underlying character of the IORP II directive and reiterates fears of capital requirements being introduced ‘through the back door’
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Targeting people not in paid work could narrow gender pension gap: PPI
Pension Policy Institute finds 50% more women than men to retire with no private pension
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Largest Dutch pension schemes commit to national climate agreement
Joining accord said to mean ‘broadening of current emission reduction goals’
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Co-op scheme adopts ESG fund for DC default
Scheme will switch £290m to the multi-asset fund in Legal & General Investment Management’s Future World fund range
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People moves: MN investment chief to exit for Goldman
MN, GSAM, Vækstfonden, State Street, Ontario Teachers’, Dalriada Trustees, Insight Investment, Gresham House, Osmosis IM, GRI, Swiss Life Asset Managers
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LD tenders DKK1bn Danish equities, ‘many more’ mandates to follow
Foreign equities mandates to come over next year including smart beta and active management
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Local authority pension fund backs ‘social outcomes contract’ fund
Merseyside Pension Fund and at least one other local government pension scheme have committed to the £35m fund
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€11bn Dutch medical consultant scheme not keen on system reform
Pension fund for self-employed medical consultants says that with its 3% fixed inflation compensation, it already had an ‘excellent’ pension plan
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Research on corporate climate action an ‘urgent challenge to investors’
Research conducted for asset owner network finds that seven in eight companies not cutting carbon emissions at the rate required to keep global warming below 2°C
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Austrian pension funds return 6.72% over H1 2019
Pension fund association identifies active management, Federal Reserve decision, and equity markets as the main drivers
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Amundi and EIB partner to develop European green credit market
Agreement includes creation of a diversified fund investing in green high yield corporate bonds, green private debt and green securitised debt
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Swedish government urged to defer IORP II, regs published
Trade union body PTK says changes made since the original proposal are not enough
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PostNL reduces equity carbon footprint through shift to best-in-class
€8.4bn Dutch scheme for postal staff said the change lifted its equity returns by one percentage point