Latest News from IPE – Page 453
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ESG roundup: Alphabet ‘should lead on responsible use of AI’, says Hermes
Also: Investors back carbon pricing accord at Vatican summit; CDP leads calls for better environmental reporting at 700 companies
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German state signs PRI as Frankfurt eyes green finance sector
Hessen, which includes the city of Frankfurt, has become the first of Germany’s 16 federal states to sign the UN’s Principles on Responsible Investment
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PGGM attributes €11m loss to ‘complex IT modernisation’
The €211bn asset manager said its investments outperformed for pension fund clients, in particular credit, real estate and infrastructure
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UK government urged to revisit miners’ pension scheme surplus rules
Government has taken £4.4bn from excess pension assets since 1994, but MPs, trustees and scheme members have demanded changes
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Asset management roundup: UK, China regulators agree stock connect programme
Plus: DWS to sell €2bn hedge fund business to Alma Capital; MFS signs Italian distribution agreement with Deutsche Bank
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Unions voice support for Dutch pensions agreement
The pensions sector can start implementing areas of the agreement after two of the Netherlands’ largest unions gave it their support
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IPE Awards 2019: Open for entries
The annual awards dinner and conference will take place in Copenhagen in December this year
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Report recommends sweeping changes to AP7 strategy
Mats Langensjö calls for more diverse investment approach for €44bn first-pillar default fund in new report
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BpfBouw increases dollar hedge following currency loss
Construction sector scheme loses 2.1% on currency hedge chiefly due to appreciation of dollar in 2018
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ESG ‘lacks market standards and best practice’: Austrian National Bank
OeNB treasurer sees ‘major differences’ in implementation of ESG strategies by providers as their use spreads across the region
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NewsChart of the Week: Global passive assets hit €8.3trn
IPE’s Top 400 Asset Managers survey reveals extent of growth in interest in passive and index-based investing
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Few cross-border funds meet new German performance fee criteria
Fitz Partners finds that only 13% of UCITS funds would meet tighter performance fee structure conditions effective from December
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UK asset managers launch representation report on black workforce
Fewer than 1% of investment managers in the UK are black, according to a new report from the Investment Association
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AMF, ATP, Folksam join $1bn capital raise for Swedish green battery firm
ATP says access to new car technology and strong potential return as ‘a match we really like’ as it takes a stake in Northvolt
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Dollar, yen appreciation behind Philips scheme’s 2.4% investment loss
Pension fund wants to maintain currency hedge but has halved the value of the position ‘for strategic reasons’
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L&G launches blockchain-based pension insurance platform [updated]
Legal & General has teamed up with Amazon to develop a blockchain-based pension risk transfer process, dubbed Estua-re
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UK’s NEST quits smoking in two-year tobacco divestment project
The country’s largest auto-enrolment provider says the tobacco industry does not appear viable in the long term, and it will exit £40m of investments
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People moves: LPP’s Pardo exits; PensioenFederatie names Brussels chief
LPP, Pensions Federation, Fondo Pensione Priamo, Wells Fargo AM, PGIM, Universal-Investment, Schroders, Polar Capital, Alpha FMC, SimCorp
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Discount rate change to increase chances of pension cuts at Dutch schemes
Committee led by former finance minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem has recommended reducing both the ultimate forward rate and assumptions for returns
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Investors urge support for Swiss human rights due diligence law
Legislation drafted in response to NGO campaign will be debated in the lower house of Switzerland’s parliament this week
