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Index providers adapt IPO inclusion rules for SpaceX: the governance trade-offs for institutional investors
Investors prepare for future equity markets, IPOs, and challenging governance models
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In-depth reporting on ESG investing for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
Latest news
Danish supervisor finds failings at P+ around green pensions product
Pension fund for academics scolded for counting companies with CO2 target as those meeting an environmental objective
PensionsEurope calls for greater flexibility for pension funds under SFDR 2.0
Position paper published as Parliament confirms it is ready to start trialogues on regulation
Investors losing faith in ESG ratings, finds survey
MSCI is the only provider to improve its score since 2023, according to latest report from ERM
Investors expect climate impacts to hurt asset prices, influence strategic asset allocation
Survey by Robeco comes just a week after EIOPA named extreme heat as top climate risk
Analysis
Climate Week NYC: Resilience takes centre stage as AI raises climate concerns
Investors focused on adaptation, resilience, energy security and AI’s growing environmental footprint at Climate Week NYC
Portfolio Strategy
Index providers adapt IPO inclusion rules for SpaceX: the governance trade-offs for institutional investors
If the first 25 years of the 21st century will be remembered for the launch of the iPhone, social media, political populism and the rise of retail AI, the IPO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp – aka SpaceX – is a strong contender to be an emblematic financial event of 2026.
Opinion Pieces
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.
Interviews
Universities Superannuation Scheme: climate scenario analysis and long-term investment strategy
Head of investment strategy Mirko Cardinale translates environmental change forecasts into fund management decisions for investors
Analysis
IPE ESG Briefing: Brussels is back in session
SFDR news, plus consultation on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D)
Opinion Pieces
To compete, Europe needs scale – not just simplification
Regulatory simplicity has become a significant part of the EU’s competitiveness agenda. But while it’s important, it’s not enough to make Europe competitive on its own.
Opinion Pieces
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
Analysis
Investors dissect ISSB’s take on nature
TNFD’s own evidence review finds the pathway from dependencies and impacts to financial outcomes complex and hard to trace
Opinion Pieces
Pension funds are stress-testing every climate future except the most likely one
Ben McNeil, founder of Emmi, highlights the importance of understanding how a net-zero world impacts investments
Opinion Pieces
Net zero: a capital allocation challenge
The transition to net zero is fundamentally a capital-allocation challenge underpinned by accelerating engineering realities
Analysis
The fight over transition finance in SFDR
EU lawmakers remain divided over how SFDR should define transition finance, with investors seeking clarity on eligible assets
Analysis
IPE Nordic Briefing: Pension funds slam SEC’s proposed rescission of climate disclosure rules
AP7, NBIM and AkademikerPension all submitted letters to US regulator discouraging the Commission from scrapping rules
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How FRR's new climate transition index uses emissions data, green revenues and temperature scores
The French pension reserve fund is trialling an index that looks at emissions, green spending, implied temperature rises and market consensus
Analysis
Asset owner September insights: equity shifts, sustainability battles and pension reform
August brought equity allocation shifts, sustainability disputes, German pension scandals and fresh momentum for workplace pension reform across Europe
Analysis
European pension funds bolster ESG in private markets portfolios
Asset owners across Europe are focusing more on private equity, seeking climate solutions and greater sustainability
Opinion Pieces
Ten years from the Paris Agreement – what have we learned?
‘Democratic reauthorisation’ is key to reigniting lost impetus behind global climate transition, as is a fair distribution of the burdens and opportunities this entails
Book Review
Chess Club, Drama Club: Lessons for asset owners
Written by one of the pension industry’s pioneers in responsible and impact investing, Chess Club, Drama Club offers up plenty of lessons for pension funds, says Maha Khan Phillips
Special Report
Energy security and impact investing: Rewriting the rules
Energy investments are no longer just about looking green, but about building systems that are cleaner and more resilient. Krystle Higgins reports
Special Report
Can AI solve impact investing’s allocation problem?
Artificial intelligence tools inform rather than make investment decisions: the final judgement must remain with human analysts
Interviews
ABP CIO Herman Bril: I understand fossil fuel investors
The new CIO also talks about cutting its US Treasuries exposure and playing for ‘Team NL’
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