Analysis
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Asset owners hold course as Middle East conflict raises market volatility
Middle East tensions drive market swings, but pension funds focus on resilience, risk management, and strategy
Home country bias – an asset owner’s take on a persistent debate
Capital doesn’t respond to slogans – it responds to incentives
How building African pensions could unlock local capital markets development
The 6th annual conference of the Africa Pensions Supervisors’ Association (APSA), held in Marrakesh in July, offered invaluable insights into the scale of the challenges and the opportunities of building pension systems in Africa
Should UK pension funds re-embrace home investment bias?
UK pension funds could be part of a broader, coordinated investment drive to fuel the growth of the country’s internationally unloved small and mid-cap companies
IPE UK Briefing: Reform UK reveals plan to end DB fund for local government workers
Plus: TPR’s code of practice for collective defined contribution (CDC) pension funds; PPF’s levy
Buyout increasingly perceived as less attractive for large defined benefit schemes
Strong funding and control drive large UK DB pension fund to rethink buyout as the default endgame, says Brightwell
When net zero targets fail, fix the system, not the frameworks
Frédéric Ducoulombier, programme director at EDHEC Climate Institute, argues that value-chain complexity and Scope 3 uncertainty have become convenient alibis
IPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch resistance to benchmarking
Plus: Sustainability: funds push ahead despite backlash; Pension risk transfer and the insurance market
Faith-based initiative to link peacebuilding with critical mineral supply chains
The coalition, led by the Church of England Pensions Board, is to use peacebuilding to tackle material risk management for global supply chains worldwide
IPE DACH Briefing: Legal disputes intensify for German professional pension funds
Germany’s VZB and BVK are preparing legal cases to claim investment losses
IPE Nordic Briefing: Iceland sees pension fund merger activity
The country’s second-biggest pension fund, the Pension Fund of Commerce, LV, had entered talks with Birta, the number four pension fund, over a potential merger
Dutch pension funds defy hedge crunch fears in first DC transition wave
Interest rate hedge unwind passes smoothly as first wave of DC conversions avoids market disruption
IPE ESG Briefing: What kind of rethink does stewardship need?
A report by the Investment Association set out realistic expectations about what stewardship can achieve
Private markets underpin Italian pension funds’ resilient returns
Italian pension funds’ private equity and debt investments delivered steady returns despite global market turbulence
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