Latest News from IPE – Page 27
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NewsUK VC ESG data harmonisation bid seeks to support Mansion House pledges
British Business Bank, BVCA and Venture ESG to convene institutional LPs to agree ESG reporting requirements
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NewsInvestors call for corporate and government action on toxic chemicals
Investors have also put their name to a statement urging more action to combat air pollution
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NewsAXA IM debuts Equity Shield funds with DC scheme seeding £200m
The products – Equity Shield 75 and Equity Shield 80 – form part of a new Equity Shield strategy
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NewsPeople moves: UK’s NEST confirms Ian Cornelius as CEO
Plus: LGPS Central appoints Nigel Peaple as director of policy; EFAMA elects new president, vice president
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NewsShifting global dynamics set stage for local currency emerging market debt revival
Institutional investors poised to maintain or increase EMD allocations despite macroeconomic uncertainty
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NewsDenmark’s PBU invests in global goals fund with guarantees against losses
Anchored last autumn by PFA, PKA, P+ and PenSam, SDG fund targets UN goals five, eight, 10 and 13
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NewsItaly’s pension regulator calls for EU support to reverse demographic decline
COVIP chair Mario Pepe says EU-issued debt should be used to support Italian families
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NewsVan Lanschot Kempen creates £100m private markets portfolio for DB scheme
The mandate is structured to provide the pension fund with access to Van Lanschot Kempen’s capabilities in private equity and infrastructure
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NewsFinance lobbied harder than any other sector to water down CS3D, finds research
Investors planning engagement on responsible lobbying may have to start with the finance sector
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NewsIndustriens enters joint Danish pension fund bid to build army barracks
The €34bn labour-market pension fund cites good prior experience with PPP model as reason for seeking new investment opportunity
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NewsInvestors stopped from voting on 23% of shareholder proposals at US firms
SEC approves 40% more ‘no action’ requests than last year
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NewsLegal opinion finds worry over liability risks from climate plans is ‘overstated’
The IFRS Foundation this week published guidance on transition plan disclosures to support ISSB reporting
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NewsGerman experts warn active pension alone will not solve labour shortages
Germany’s proposed ‘Aktivrente’, or active pension, is a step towards encouraging older workers to remain in employment
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NewsUK government sets out ‘modern Industrial Strategy’
British Business Bank commits £6.6bn of new capital to boost growth; Financial services sector plan coming in July
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NewsLloyds Banking Group consults on moving pension fund provision in house
The bank’s pension fund would be administered by Scottish Widows
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NewsDutch pension federation resists lower central clearing threshold proposal
European pension regulator ESMA has proposed mandatory central clearing of interest rate derivatives above €1.8bn
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NewsÄVWL boosts bond exposure, US dollar overweight amid shifting market dynamics
The pension fund for German doctors in Germany’s Westphalia-Lippe region has increased its allocation to directly held bonds by nearly €400m year-on-year
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NewsUniqa opens up asset management capabilities to third-party clients
Its regulatory resilience gives it a competitive edge in offering outsourced solutions to other institutional clients, says managing director Andreas Bertl
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NewsPensions admin firm Festina ready to take on UK pension fund clients
The Danish fintech firm says the UK market is ‘at an inflection point’
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NewsBorder to Coast notes improved engagement among managers that left CA100+
Tim Manuel, the investment pool’s head of responsible investment, said underlying engagement among managers who exited CA100+ has improved in some cases
