Latest News from IPE – Page 153
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NewsFondo Pegaso issues tenders for bonds, multi-asset mandates
The scheme plans to select three managers for an active bond aggregate strategy and one manager for two semi-active multi-asset type briefs
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NewsBayer Group Pension Plan in £280m buy-in with Canada Life
The transaction secures the benefits of 40% of the plan’s pensioners, with umbrella contract allowing to insure further liabilities in the future.
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NewsGerman IG Metall rejects DC schemes
The union is in favour of supplementary, employer-financed company pensions, with guaranteed minimum benefits and employer liability
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NewsMEPs mull double materiality requirements for ESG ratings reg
Final position will only be determined in late November
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NewsSweden’s newly-expanded pensions group agrees to pension pauses
Eight-party policy setting panel also agrees to carry out a review with the goal of a more flexible withdrawal of the occupational pension
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NewsSwiss finance ministry to draft anti-greenwashing bill
Up to 79% of sustainable investments said to be at risk of losing sustainable label
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NewsSouth Yorkshire pension fund delivers surplus of assets over liabilities
This is the first time South Yorkshire Pensions Authority delivered surplus of assets over liabilities since 1990s
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NewsVelliv sees positive 2023 return despite Q3 returns retreat
Danish pension provider highlights intensified work on green transition, forestry investment returns
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NewsNext EU Commission must set clear standard for investor engagement, NGOs say
Group of NGOs publish ‘manifesto’ for the 2024-2029 European Commission
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NewsSwiss pension funds clean up investment portfolios
Climate Alliance has seen in the past year an increase in pension funds’ impact investments, ranging from 1% up to more than 10% of schemes’ AUM
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NewsThe Pensions Regulator will not mandate schemes on how to invest
Instead, TPR will be challenging decision-making to ‘make sure trustees are always acting in members’ interests’, says Nausicaa Delfas
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NewsATP tries to shift focus from investment losses to bonus capacity
Danish pensions giant says rising ability to increase pensions is a better measure of its financial health
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NewsPeople moves: Finland’s Sandvik Pension Fund appoints new CIO
Plus: M&G hires chief sustainability officer; Universal Investment Group names new CEO
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NewsEU Green bond standard rules to enter into force after Council OK
The Commission expects the label to be available to issuers from January 2025
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NewsArticle 8 funds outflows continue amid persistent macroeconomic pressures
Assets in Article 8 and Article 9 funds shrank by 1.3% over the third quarter of 2023, driven mostly by market depreciation, according to Morningstar
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NewsInflation hits occupational pensions in Germany, says Deloitte
Inflation is having a bigger impact on employees than the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine
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NewsPension funds view private equity as ESG compatible asset, says Apex Group
Private equity and private debt have grown in popularity for pension fund allocators, with alignment to ESG principles gaining attention
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NewsNBIM’s active management limits SWF’s portfolio-wide Q3 loss
Value of Norwegian GPFG falls back on negative investment returns and falling krone
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NewsStandard Life highlights barriers for trustees to deliver endgame strategy
Market volatility was cited as a key concern by trustees to deliver their endgame strategy
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NewsPRI pushes for ESG clarity axing reporting rules, asking members to pick motivations
UN-backed body plans to overhaul its expectations from members in response to changing responsible investment landscape
