All IPE articles in July 2024 (online) – Page 7
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Are sustainability standards a distraction?
The debate about standardised reporting of Scope 3 emissions loses sight of an important point about the need for judgment, says Iancu Daramus
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NewsUK regulator clarifies capital release expectations for superfunds
The market is expected to operate on the updated guidance ‘for some time’ before legislation passes
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NewsBaFin changes supervisory practice following ESMA’s fund names guidelines
ESMA’s guidelines will ‘completely replace’ BaFin’s old supervisory approach, says BaFin’s Thorsten Pötzsch
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NewsUK pension schemes endorse call for policy shift to combat climate change
The call is endorsed by 35 pension schemes with assets totalling £84bn
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NewsAchmea Investment Management acquires Dutch Blue Sky Group
The asset management arm of the pension provider of the three pension schemes of airline KLM had been put up for sale in March
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NewsLGPS Central appoints Longview Partners as global equity manager
Longview joins the existing managers Harris, Schroders, and Union
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NewsAlecta broke the rules, says Swedish FSA, as it mulls intervention
Occupational pensions giant says will respond to watchdog’s letter by 6 September
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Podcast#8 Leaders in Investment Podcast: Conversation with Patrick Kanters, CIO Private Markets, APG
In Episode #8 of IPE’s Leaders in Investment podcast series, IPE Real Assets editor Richard Lowe interviews Patrick Kanters, CIO Private Markets, APG
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NewsAba calls for changes to second-pillar reform draft in upcoming legislative process
The association says draft bill fails to make ‘big steps’ forward, protecting existing or vested benefits
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator’s funding code is laid in parliament
The industry is still awaiting the publication of final statement of strategy and employer covenant assessment
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NewsPRA threatens to restrict funded reinsurance if risk management is not improved
Regulator warns that if not properly controlled, growing number of funded reinsurance transactions could lead to ‘rapid build-up of risks in the sector’
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NewsZürcher Kantonalbank buys consultancy Complementa
Markus Wirth, currently head of custody at Zürcher Kantonalbank, will become the new Complementa CEO
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NewsDutch newspaper scheme triples defence investments
Germany’s Rheinmetall is now the largest position in the European equities portfolio of Pensioenfonds Mediahuis
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NewsWiltshire Pension Fund, LGIM anchor $400m emerging markets transition vehicle
The strategy is a debt portfolio focusing on investments in clean infrastructure, clean technology, and decarbonisation, says manager Ninety One
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NewsBCI sells majority stake in Hayfin Capital Management
The Canadian institutional investor will remain a significant and strategic limited partner in certain key Hayfin fund strategies
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NewsItaly’s complementary pension schemes record 8% contribution growth in H1
The number of members signing up for complementary pensions at the end of June 2024 grew by 2.3% to 10.9 million
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NewsICSWG launches workstream to enhance sustainable investment practices
Regulations have unintentionally led many trustees to spend most of their sustainability time and budgets on compliance-focused activities, says group
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NewsTK Pensionsfonds cuts equity in favour of private markets in new allocation
The corporate pension scheme has also increased its investment target to euro corporate bonds, assigning a new mandate for the asset class
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NewsDutch technology scheme PME eager for nuclear energy investment
‘The energy transition in the Netherlands is not going fast enough,’ says PME president Eric Uijen
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NewsSmall progress on Mansion House Compact ambitions as barriers remain
ABI report shows signatories currently hold £793m of unlisted equity assets in their DC default funds, equivalent to 0.36% of the total value of their DC default funds
