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Commitments are not enough – How the UK government can get pensions buying British
Pension schemes have a fiduciary obligation to secure the best possible long-term outcomes for members, not to deliver on the government’s domestic industrial policy
A roadmap for trustees: Navigating systemic risk with a clearer framework for fiduciary duty
New draft guidance from DWP sets out a common-sense, proportionate understanding of what trustees can consider when facing complex risks that span generations
Railpen appoints Robeco for £1bn global equities mandate
The UK railway pension scheme’s appointment adds external expertise to its hybrid investment model and seeds Robeco’s new strategy
Geopolitics and investment returns: Keep calm, carry on?
Stefan Beiner, partner at c-alm, explains how geopolitical events can trigger substantial short-term market volatility, noting that their medium-term impact on investment returns is much less predictable
Making private markets work for DC: the J-curve and beyond
DC schemes must address deployment delays, valuation challenges and fairness between member cohorts as private markets allocations grow
From private assets to infrastructure: Pension superpowers reshaping the world economy
M. Nicolas Firzli and Nick Sherry argue that new geo-economic forces unleashed by America and China will accelerate the rise of ‘pension superpowers’
Adaptation: Business as usual and business unusual
As resistance to emissions mitigation intensifies and climate damages become harder to ignore, political attention is increasingly turning towards adaptation
The AI leopard changes its spots
Equity investors have spent the past 18 months watching the AI leopard change its spots – the latest spot is capex, currently spreading through equity and credit pricing
Integrating European capital markets to close the Atlantic divide: Deutsche Börse’s vision
The fragmented nature of the European financial ecosystem, combined with the scarcity of large investors with a home bias, impedes startups from scaling locally, says Deutsche Börse’s Christian Kromann
It is high time European pension funds raised their allocations to European venture capital
If European policymakers are serious about reviving economic growth and securing Europe’s competitive position on the global stage, they urgently need to focus on closing the “innovation gap” with the US.
Index providers, we have a problem
Big tech governance is rightly a shareholder engagement topic of huge importance, and one that investors, including the AP funds’ Ethics Council, Railpen and APG have promoted in recent years. The issue is rapidly moving up the scale for active institutional owners.
Dear CIOs: Let’s talk about the asset owner-isation of the UK
As UK pension asset owners grow in scale, investment partnerships must evolve to put decision-making, accountability and members at the centre
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