Latest News from IPE – Page 133
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NewsUK government confirms final DB scheme funding regulations
The regulations are set to come into force from April 2024
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NewsUK innovation and tech pension scheme in £400m buy-in deal with Just Group
The deal secures the benefits of all 2,500 pensioners and dependants and 1,500 deferred members of the scheme
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NewsThink tank offers up ‘representative deforestation credit portfolio’
AFII developed open access product ’as a prod and and poke’ for investors to get started on deforestation risk
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NewsSweden’s restyled AP Funds’ ethics council completes team
Anna Warberg and Alexander Elving appointed as sustainability specialists to work under director Jenny Gustafsson
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NewsGerman government drafts rule for mandatory connection to pension dashboard
Pension funds will have to design a functioning interface for data exchange by 30 September
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NewsSwedish funds agency loses two of its seven board members
Hans Lindblad and Åsa Edman quit less than halfway through their three-year terms
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NewsIESBA proposes draft ethics code to address greenwashing
The proposed standards from both frameworks are hoped to serve as a cornerstone of ethical behaviour, says IESBA chair
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NewsSwiss schemes face higher national debt in medium to longer term, says Complementa
Plus: Pensionskasssen Monitor published by Swisscanto saw funding ratios of private pension funds increase from 110.1% in 2022 to 114.9% in 2023
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NewsRexam Pension Plan in £1.4bn buy-in deal with Rothesay
The deal secures the benefits of over 14,000 members of the scheme
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NewsDutch funds fail to meet promise to implement OECD Guidelines
Only five out of 75 pension funds in the Netherlands have fully implemented a 2018 agreement to do so
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NewsKeva fined for failing to make sure derivatives contracts were reported
CEO of Finland’s largest pension fund says Keva suffered no financial damage from the issues
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NewsInvestors bemoan ExxonMobil legal move against shareholder climate resolution
Oil and gas major says it turned to court in bid to ‘stop abuse’ of shareholder proposal process
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NewsFirst DC pensions for German financial industry is officially launched
The official start of the social partner model for the banking industry is ‘a milestone in retirement provision in the financial sector and beyond’ says Marco Hermann
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NewsEU parliament writes two-year delay into ESG reporting rules
The decision to delay the implementation of the new standards was welcomed by Eurosif
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NewsLGPS fully funded position to stay despite a drop
Funding levels fell to 101% as at 31 December 2023, from 108% as at 31 October 2023
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NewsDutch pension fund returns back in positive territory
But funding ratios mostly fell as four of the five funds indexed pensions
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NewsGRI revamps biodiversity standard, issues call for investor engagement
Understanding the impacts of organisations is ‘crucial aspect of implementing global solutions to halt and even reverse the damage and address existential threats’, says Carol Adams
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NewsIIGCC nears guidance on addressing Scope 3 in investment portfolios
Asset-level engagement in material sectors and categories the way forward, working group suggests
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NewsLCP calls on investment managers to focus on real world emissions
The firm has increased expectations on investment managers when it comes to climate change goals, and asks managers to help mitigate systemic climate risk
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NewsWork kicks off on database for standardised avoided emissions calculation
Database will initially cover nearly 10,000 ‘avoidance factors’
