Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 13
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Special Report
Top 1000 Pension Funds 2023: Europe’s pensions absorb a €646bn loss
Last year saw a net reduction in the asset stock of European pension investment retirement pools of 6.77% over the previous year, according to IPE’s annual study of the leading 1,000 pension funds across the continent, marking a sea change for pensions.
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How investors are positioned to capitalise in APAC private markets
Strong fundamentals and a lack of correlation with western markets make the region particularly attractive
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Country Report
New pension rules set to transform France
After much opposition, profound changes to the retirement system take effect this month
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Investors take a cautious asset allocation path on Asia
Investing in the region is far from straightforward, with benchmarking particularly tricky
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Country Report
France moves ahead with innovative climate reporting rules
A new French law could compel companies to disclose their climate plans
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Industry awaits final advice on IORP II review
Pension groups want EIOPA to consider how its sustainability-related proposals would interact with the SFDR
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India forms cornerstone of GIC’s BRIC portfolio
The Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has invested billions in the subcontinent since the 1990s and considers the country under-invested
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Country Report
France’s new pension product smashes through target
Assets managed by PER supplementary pension products could reach €200bn by 2026
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Austria: Pension industry faces an indifferent government
Reforms look likely to be on hold until after federal elections in 2024
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Sumitomo Mitsui Trust's Yoshio Hishida on Japan's unique position to attract investment
Yoshio Hishida, CEO of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management, one of Japan’s largest investment managers, talks to Christopher Walker about his company’s focus on retail and attracting international capital
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Belgium: First-pillar reform caps highest pensions
Federal government manages to work out a first-pillar agreement before the parliamentary recess
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Denmark: Early retirement rules face further overaul
Arne, a new regime to allow workers in strenuous jobs to retire early may be merged with a more popular scheme
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Finland: Stabilising the level of pension insurance contributions
Government programme sets out to find ways to stabilise the level of pension insurance contributions over the long term
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France: Macron’s major pension reforms take effect
September sees the enactment of controversial retirement reforms passed by presidential decree earlier this year, bringing 42 occupational regimes together
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Opinion Pieces
Europe escaped the Great Retirement Boom but watch out for the crunch
Continental Europe appears to have largely escaped the trend known in the US as the ‘Great Retirement Boom’, where an economically comfortable cohort of 50 to 64-year-olds has retreated from work in the post-COVID period.
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Opinion Pieces
Cambridge and Westminster: a tale of two pension schemes
The Houses of Parliament and Cambridge University are two venerable British institutions. But the differences in how they run their pension arrangements illustrate the contrast between the UK-style pooled liability-driven investment (LDI) and a more traditional form of pension investing, no longer as popular in the UK but still common elsewhere.
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Opinion Pieces
Resistance to Germany’s new buffer fund proposal
Last year, the manager of Germany’s pay-as-you-go first-pillar scheme, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, recorded income of €363bn, the largest share coming from contributions (€275.6bn), and €87.4bn in public subsidies.
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Opinion Pieces
Private assets still a priority for pension fund investors
Investor sentiment towards private markets continues to be positive, despite the continuing challenges of higher interest rates and ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty.
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Opinion Pieces
ESG remains mired in politics in the US
“I am not going to use the word ESG because it’s been misused by the far left and the far right,” said BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in a conversation at the Aspen Ideas Festival in June.