Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 3
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Country ReportAP funds merger: Sweden’s capital reshuffle
The reform of the country’s AP buffer funds has attracted both praise and controversy with questions remaining over governance, transparency and the preservation of expertise in unlisted assets
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Special ReportThe Moravec paradox: AI and the future of jobs
The rise of artificial intelligence threatens many industries, but could it also see a levelling between ‘intellectual’ and more ‘hands-on’ jobs?
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Asset Class ReportsCase study: Soka-Bau builds out private equity
Lukas Doerr, head of portfolio management at Germany’s SOKA-BAU, explains the fund’s private equity approac
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Asset Class ReportsCase study: How Australia’s largest super fund diversifies through concentrated portfolios
Mark Hargraves, head of international equities and private equity at AustralianSuper, compares managing concentrated equity portfolios to piloting speed boats
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Special ReportInvestor class actions gain ground as ESG enters the frame
A more rigorous climate around environmental, social and governance disclosures and claims is leading to greater awareness of potential greenwashing
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Special ReportUS courts award more than $4.7bn as securities class actions intensify
Tech and heathcare sectors dominated US class action cases in 2024
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Special ReportDevelopment banks find new ways to leverage private finance for EM sustainability
This year has seen two groundbreaking innovations by multilateral development banks keen to free up local and concessional balance sheets by tapping the capital markets
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Country ReportSweden and Denmark: a tale of two equity markets
Sweden’s equity market is powering ahead while Denmark’s languishes thanks to its high pharma and green energy exposure. The two countries’ pension funds also differ in their approach to local markets
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Special ReportIMF sounds alarm on ‘shadow banks’
The growing connection between non-bank financial intermediaries and the global banking network is causing concern
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Asset Class ReportsCase study: Pension Danmark focuses on AI, robotics and defence as it weighs up the value of active management
Erik Bennike, head of equities at PensionDanmark, explains the fund’s carefully chosen combination of active and passive management styles
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Asset Class ReportsTime for more European private equity?
Investors are increasing allocations to European private equity funds, where smaller company buyouts and emerging sector specialisations are key strengths, reports Joseph Mariathasan
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Special ReportEasing the path for European institutions to launch securities litigation
Corporate scandals, tighter regulation and increased fiduciary duties have all boosted the numbers of pension funds seeking financial redress
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Special ReportThe climate dilemma: why mining and tech companies are proving complicated for net-zero investors
The mining industry is estimated to be directly responsible for 4-7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. When Scope 3 emissions, including those from coal-fired power generation, are included, that figure leaps to nearly 30%.
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Country ReportWhen Norges Bank let the cameras in
The internal workings of Norway’s €1.7trn Oil Fund may be a mystery to many of the county’s own citizens – but no longer, thanks to a TV documentary aired earlier this year
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Special ReportDemographics: Longevity fitness in the era of 100-year lives
As the ageing population grows, more and more people must become aware of the factors – financial, but also physical, cognitive and social – they will need to address to live well in retirement
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Asset Class ReportsCase study: Varma aiming high while Looking for domestic growth
Varma is increasing its focus on unlisted companies in its home market
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Special ReportSeeking a safe jurisdiction in a legal storm
Europe and the US offer institutional investors different forms of recourse with their respective opt-out and opt-in legal systems
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Country ReportVER's Löyttyniemi prepares for an elegant exit
Timo Löyttyniemi, CEO of Finland’s VER, retires next year after 18 years in the role. But, as he tells Rachel Fixsen, he very much plans to remain in the industry
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Special ReportJakob Thomae & Ben Caldecott: “There is growing evidence that a set of technologies powered by computers and silicon creates a new set of risks that may cause societies to break”
Every system has its limits – boundaries at which it breaks. We know this about us individually. We know this about families. And since 2009 and the work of a group of scientists around Johan Rockström, about the planet too.
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Special ReportREST Super: a pension fund in the dock
Pension funds are not just involved in class actions as plaintiffs or claimants. Sometimes they are on the other side of the courtroom as defendants.
