Latest News from IPE – Page 6
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Tension around future of AP buffer funds continues as report postponed
Deadline for Tord Gransbo’s investigation into consolidating the five funds extended by three months until June
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PGGM loses sustainability heavyweight to Dutch think tank
Brenda Kramer has left PGGM and will take the helm at Sustainable Finance Lab
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NEST appoints Ian Cornelius as interim CEO
Ian Cornelius will become Interim CEO on 1 May 2024 following a short handover period from Helen Dean who leaves the scheme on 30 April
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CDC should be innovative and diverse, urges Hymans Robertson
Hymans Robertson highlights four areas of focus for the development of CDC: intergenerational fairness, benefits through scale, harnessing inertia, and regulation
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People moves: The People’s Pension appoints new director
Plus: Hymans Robertson creates new role for head of pension policy innovation; Muzinich names head of alternative credit solutions
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APG to cut asset management jobs as clients move to passive
Costs are a ‘recurring element’ in conversations with pension funds, says CEO Ronald Wuijster
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Kenfo to step up focus on managers’ climate credentials
Aegon and Phoenix among those calling for voting and engagement to have closer link with investment decisions
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UK master trusts’ overseas equities post three times higher returns than domestic investments
Overseas equity investments do not align with chancellor of the exchequer’s plan to help grow the nation’s economy
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De Beers Pension Scheme completes £850m full buy-in deal with PIC
The transaction secures the pensions of 1,464 pensioner members and 473 deferred members of the scheme
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French institutional investors team up in biodiversity fund drive
The investors will launch a call for proposals by the end of July
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Swedish funds agency gives peek at terms of next tender
Nordic equities mandates will have tracking error limit of 4% against category benchmark, FTN reveals, but still gives no date for upcoming tender
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Study links climate risk with higher sovereign default rates
ICE assessed the physical risk faced by 200+ issuers and found link with default rate
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Lifetime provider model risks undermining success of automatic enrolment
‘Member choice would deliver few benefits, but risk throwing away the gains from auto-enrolment,’ says ABI’s Yvonne Braun
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Swedish funds lobby slams procurement agency’s ‘rigid criteria’
Lobby bemoans reduction of European equity fund range to six from 22, but FTN says 92% of assets were already placed in just six funds
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German investors wary of defence sector on ESG grounds
The war in Ukraine has triggered a rethink to the general reluctance regarding defence-related investments, says Triton managing director
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Investor group to target data providers, proxy advisers over human rights
New engagement initiative takes aim at MSCI, Bloomberg, ISS and others
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Switzerland to cut funds to first pillar to pay out 13th month of pension
To offset a reduction of public funds, the cabinet plans to either increase contributions or VAT, or both
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Oil and gas industry ‘alarmingly underprepared’ for climate transition
Research shows failure to align with goals of the Paris Agreement as investors increasingly give up on sector
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People moves: Clara-Pensions names new chief operating officer
Plus: LCP appoints independent chair; IFM Investors recruits head of global consultant relations
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European Commission president’s plan for common SWF stalls
Focus on Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP), and member states’ opposition obstruct path towards fully-fledged EU sovereignty wealth fund