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IPE’s columnists and guest writers dig into the hot topics for the pensions and investment industries with thoughtful commentary and reaction from around the world
Why a credible SFDR framework needs more than category criteria
In his second regular column for IPE, Frédéric Ducoulombier of EDHEC Climate Institute argues that a credible categorisation-based SFDR system should require product manufacturers to substantiate how products deserve the category they claim
Exclusions: Time to move the clocks forward
Alexandra Danielsson at Canbury Insights and Carolyn Saunders at Dentons argue that with AI, asset owners can finally reopen exclusion policies that no longer stand up to scrutiny
Twenty years of evidence: Is it time to reconsider microfinance?
Stefan Beiner, partner at Swiss consultancy c-alm and former CIO of Publica, one of Switzerland’s largest pension funds, unpicks the investment benefits of microfinance
The rise of AI will test pension funds’ sense of stewardship
The IPO of Elon Musk’s SpaceX broke several records, from the listing volume of $75bn to the $1.77trn valuation at listing. It also broke some rules, particularly those regarding inclusion in equity indices.
Today’s pension debates have a nineties vibe
Pension policy was a hot political topic in Sweden in the 1990s – a debate that heralded a landmark policy to invest a small portion of workers’ contributions in capital markets. Some 30 years later, the same ideas are capturing the imaginations of European policymakers and think tanks.
UK aims to be a first mover in regulatory readiness and capital deployment to nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion, the energy process that powers the stars, was just three decades away, I was told when I left university four decades ago with a doctorate in physics. Unfortunately, it remained three decades away for the next 30 years.
Do not weaken Europe’s carbon market just when it starts to matter most
PGGM’s Lars Dijkstra and Andres van der Linden set out recommendations for upcoming EU Emissions Trading System review in the face of potentially damaging lobbying
Dear CIOs: We need to talk about capital profile
In his latest column for IPE, Dan Mikulskis, CIO at the provider of the £40bn (€46bn) DC master trust People’s Pension, argues that those looking to make investment opportunities attractive to capital need to appreciate the importance of different investors’ capital profile
The clock is ticking for MiFID II reversal
This is a make-or-break point for the return to CSA-funded research budgets, and the potential benefits this could bring, says Mike Carrodus, CEO of Substantive Research
When pension professionals hold the key to a nation’s fortunes
Jos Vermeulen, head of solution design at Insight Investment, says a well-designed DB surplus regime could be a win-win on many levels
Dutch pension monopoly clashes with EU law – will participants endure yet more protectionism?
Hans van Meerten, international pension expert and lawyer, argues EU ruling exposes flaws in the Dutch pension system
Enable, don’t mandate: lessons for Europe’s pension reform
Jorik van Zanden, strategy consultant at AF Advisors in the Netherlands, issues a warning to the European Parliament on the back of its initial proposals for IORP II, the EU pension fund legislation
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