Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 141
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Country Report
State pension age: Another hurdle for pensions reform
Unions mistrust politicians following ‘many broken promises’
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Special Report
Trade Finance: Funding tradewinds
Trade finance can offer an illiquid position in a volatile market, but its idiosyncratic nature can dissuade investors
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Special Report
GIIN: Setting the bar
The CEO of the Global Impact Investing Network, an organisation dedicated to promoting impact investing, talks about the need for ‘baseline expectations’
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FeaturesTime for some good news on stewardship
Asset owners and managers can engage positively with the companies in which they invest and draw on the successes of previous interactions to ensure that change is permanent and for the better
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Country ReportAlmost solved...
Nicole Beuken, executive director of ABP, the largest pension fund in the Netherlands
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Special ReportAsset Allocation: Private credit is here to stay
Despite warnings of its imminent demise the asset class is here to stay
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Special ReportAP1 - A circular focus
Swedish buffer fund AP1 highlights resource efficiency as key to a sustainable investment strategy
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Country ReportKey Dynamics: A market overview
Alternatives, ESG adoption and further fund consolidation are the key trends highlighted by INDEFI
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Special ReportMarket Trends: Critical point
Private market lending now faces an important turning point
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Special Report
Actis: Thinking deep about measurement
Private markets investor Actis is taking impact measurement seriously
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FeaturesPension funds act as Nordic drama engulfs Swedbank
Sweden’s largest pension funds have been thrust into leading roles in a money-laundering scandal over the past few weeks, as Swedbank was raided by fraud investigators and forced to fire its CEO.
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Features
UK pools slam ‘simplistic’ guidance
UK local authority funds have accused the government of imposing higher costs through changes in its stance towards asset pooling.
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Country Report
General pension funds: A market stirred but not shaken
General pension funds nearly doubled their AUM last year, to €10bn. However, one of the six commercial players has already closed and another will probably leave the market
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Special Report
Legal Framework: The lay of the law
A new project aims to find answers to some fundamental legal questions about investing, people and planet
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Features
Handelsblatt Conference: De-risking comes to the fore as past costs loom large
German pension schemes reveal ambitious overhauls to reduce sponsor burdens; Generali moves to reassure over sale of insurance business to Viridium
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Special ReportAlignment: mind the gap
What role might market participants play to plug the SDG gap?
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Special Report
Fiduciary Duty: Making the right impact
Impact funds range from those that seek to generate attractive returns while pursuing social objectives to those that focus solely on the social aims
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FeaturesMadan Pillutla: Debiasing needs more attention
Madan Pillutla, professor of organisational behaviour at the London Business School, outlines the reasons why biases are so hard to overcome
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FeaturesAccounting Matters: Splitting the difference
If ever proof were needed that the dividing line between defined benefit (DB) and defined contributions (DC) pension promises is coming under pressure, it was a discussion at the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC) on 6 March.
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Opinion PiecesDon’t panic (yet) about populism
When I called for investor engagement with Facebook and the social media giants, I did not expect to see a sovereign wealth fund leading such an initiative just three months later
