Latest News from IPE – Page 69
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NewsAbsence of further guidance on surplus sharing for UK DB schemes is ‘missed opportunity’
Industry commentators say government should tap into corporate DB pension sector for capital investment into UK
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NewsBP to repatriate Dutch pensions from Belgium
The fund is also considering a buyout to a Dutch insurer for its Belgium-based DB accruals
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NewsGerman bank Berenberg, Lurse join forces to set up OCIO provider
The two firms are merging their respective company pension solutions to create specialised OCIO provider for asset allocation of company pension schemes
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NewsPensionsEurope warns SFDR costs could lower future pension payments
New categories being discussed include ‘transition’ and ‘impact’
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NewsIndustry calls for thoughtful execution of UK LGPS ‘megafunds’ reforms
Government is looking to secure more than £20bn for investment in local communities
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NewsNBIM revamps, shifts focus from real assets to energy and active management
Real assets CIO Mie Holstad quits as all areas of active management brought under one umbrella
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NewsBaillie Gifford ditches climate collaborations over ‘contested membership’
‘Our membership has become contested, and this risks distracting from our core responsibilities,’ the firm says
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NewsChurch investors push for faith-aligned investments
The Church Investors Group has called on asset managers to have ‘more room for faith’ as it publishes new guide to faith-consistent investing
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NewsABP president named top climate leader in Time magazine
Harmen van Wijnen is the only pension executive in the Time100 Climate 2024
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NewsUN expert group calls for major financial transformation to meet climate goals
Independent High Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance has urged for a greater focus on catalytic and blended finance
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NewsFirst Dutch pension fund gets go-ahead for DC switch
The pension fund for Dutch shipping pilots is the first to receive regulator’s blessing to convert DB accruals to new DC arrangement as of 1 January 2025
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NewsAegon, NatWest Cushon commit to help with British Growth Partnership launch
Chancellor has previously tasked British Business Bank with establishing the British Growth Partnership
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NewsGerman pensions industry pins hope on next cabinet for second pillar reform
Germany’s occupational pension industry has been let down by the sudden halt of the second pillar pension system reform process, triggered by a political crisis, as it pins its hope on the next government to build on the groundwork laid out so far. Speaking at the Handelsblatt occupational forum in ...
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NewsBritish Business Bank completes £250m LIFTS investment with Schroders Capital
The fund aims to catalyse more than £1bn of funding, including from UK pension funds
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NewsHapag-Lloyd, Evonik switch to defined contribution plans
Existing occupational pension contracts for senior people and captains of Hapag-Lloyd will remain in place, despite the DC switch
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NewsUK government proposes pension reforms to unlock £80bn of investment
Government proposes merging LGPS assets and consolidating DC schemes into super funds
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NewsEU to use de-risking tools to encourage investors to finance green industrial deal
Commissioner-designate Stéphane Séjourné says ‘winning the investment battle is all about making sure public investment drives the real economy’
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NewsLocal Pensions Partnership Investments hits £200m cost savings
CEO Chris Rule says greater pooling of funds could help deliver scale and better cost savings
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NewsG4S Pension Scheme completes £1.8bn buy-in deal with Just Group
The scheme’s funding level had improved in recent years, enabling the trustee and company to accelerate de-risking plans
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NewsAMF finds banks increasingly luring its pension clients with mortgage discounts
Swedish blue-collar pension fund says occupational pension seen more and more as ‘commodity to be exchanged for temporary discounts’
