All IPE articles in June 2025 (online) – Page 5
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People moves: BT Pension Scheme appoints trustee director
Plus: ASCOR creates investor director role; UK’s FCA names deputy CEO
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IPE ESG Briefing: Munich Re goes it alone
Plus: the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ditches net-zero commitment; Robeco says appetite for climate investing has fallen across the board
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UK government increases British Business Bank’s total financial capacity to £25.6bn
The increase will enable a two-thirds increase in investments to around £3.5bn each year
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Fondo Gomma Plastica awards €712m to Anima in multi-asset reshuffle
The fund reassigned assets previously managed under multi-asset mandates with AXA IM and Groupama, consolidating them with Anima
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New guidance aims to demystify climate disclosure rules for companies
The guidance ‘does not add or otherwise change the requirements in IFRS S2’, says ISSB
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Pensions expert Rangvid calls Danish system unfair between generations
CBS professor argues for option to pause pension contributions during working life
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Investment Association appoints first head of private markets
IA creates new role in recognition of increasing importance of private markets, appointing Namita Kain
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NBIM calls for united capital markets supervision to help Europe catch up
‘Better and simpler regulation is key to facilitate capital market evolution,’ Norwegian SWF tells EU Commission
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Analysis
Swiss pension funds brace for prospect of negative interest rates
Swiss National Bank urged to avoid policies that make pension funds collateral victims of strategy aimed at weakening Swiss franc
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Swiss collective pension funds gain ground, but individualisation threatens solidarity
Consolidation trend among smaller schemes continues: number of Swiss Pensionskassen falls dramatically – from 4,000 in the 1990s to just over 1,300 today
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DWP’s Impact Assessment says DB reforms put members’ pensions at risk
Accessing surplus may improve employer’s financial position, but may risk pension scheme becoming underfunded, says Pension Security Alliance
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Church Commissioners delivers 10.3% return, buoyed by public equities
The fund’s private markets and real asset portfolios contributed more modestly to last year’s performance
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Fonchim picks managers for €2.71bn in mandates
Most asset managers accepting mandate renewals agreed to slight fee reductions, says pension fund
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Analysis
Responsible investment impact of UK pensions reform bill weighed
Industry experts say Pension Schemes Bill misses opportunity to clarify fiduciary duty, and falls short on needed clarity and ambition on sustainable investing
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Danish pension fund CIO takes floor at Alphabet AGM over targeted ads impact
Google-parent AGM votes down call from AkademikerPension, United Church of Canada Pension Plan and others for independent human rights assessment of AI-driven advertising effects
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PRI to step up on human rights lobbying
Announcement about policymaker-focused strategy comes as Unilever and Allianz say trade association reviews need standardisation
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Analysis
IPE UK Briefing: Pension Schemes Bill
Plus: Mansion House Accord, DB surplus extraction and British Growth Partnership
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UK pensions minister adamant government will not mandate investment
The government has included a ‘reserve power’ mechanism in the new Pension Schemes Bill, giving it power to mandate specific asset allocations
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France’s FRR appoints duo for €1.4bn fixed income mandates
AXA Investment Managers and Ostrum Asset Management were selected
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Investors urge UK firms to stand by DEI pledges
A coalition of institutional investors, including NEST, Strathclyde Pension Fund and London CIV, has united to support inclusive workplaces amid recent DEI backlash