All IPE articles in March 2022 (online) – Page 4
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OECD adopts revised good DC design messages as recommendation
One of changes involves broadening message on pay-out phase beyond annuitisation
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NewsItalian pension funds feel the pain of war in Ukraine
The schemes are advising members to avoid switching investment options
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BTPS joins Charter to push managers on diversity and inclusion
Asset Owner Diversity Charter an ‘investment imperative’, says BTPSM CIO
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Dutch pension schemes continue to increase interest rate hedges
Some funds have further reduced their interest rate risk to protect their funding ratios in the run-up to the switch to DC
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NewsPeople moves: Robeco adds to quant equity research team
Robeco, SOKA-BAU, Unigestion, KLP, BNPP PAM, WTW, First Sentier, JP Morgan AM, Comgest, PineBridge, GAM, Standard Life, AMF
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NewsEFRAG task force issues latest draft sustainability standards
The release of the papers does not form part of any public consultation at this stage
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NewsGermany roundup: Munich Re exits Russian market
Plus: Pension investors should prepare for high volatility and inflation, says Mercer
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Asset manager roundup: AB to acquire private alternatives firm CarVal
Acquisition to happen with upfront purchase price of $750m
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NewsInvestment pool duo launches new funds claiming £4.6bn in LGPS assets
Border to Coast launches £1.4bn listed alternatives fund, while ACCESS adds £3.2bn to the LGPS pool
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Denmark urgently needs an energy independence plan, says pensions lobby
‘Even before the war in Ukraine, we were faced with an urgent task in the green transition,’ says IPD CEO
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NewsSwiss roundup: Reform mitigates AHV deficit
Plus: Cabinet in the dark on Russian assets; Crypto futures on SIX exchange
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IFRSs are well-equipped to tackle sustainability reporting challenges, says IASB chair
But ‘there may still be a case to do more’, Barckow added
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News2021 UK pension risk transfer volumes hit £43.9bn with record ‘core’
It’s a wrap! Consultancies report on market after insurers publish final annual results
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Dutch retail scheme sticks to €15 admin cost goal
But Pensioenfonds Detailhandel’s president André Snellen admits its provider Capgemini needs to find additional clients for it to be met
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NewsFinnish pension insurers’ solvency stronger despite higher equity allocations
Pensions lobby TELA says strong solvency now needed, because it’s unclear how long war will last, or what the economic effects will be
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LGPS pool Brunel now ‘breaking even’
From vantage point of cost savings, ’pooling seems to be working’
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NewsNordea re-enters Danish pensions market with €270m Topdanmark buy
Bank acquires Danish pensions business six years after its previous pensions subsidiary in the country began journey to mutualisation
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NewsGerman government plans €500m cut earmarked to finance first pillar scheme
Coalition partners promised to set up a fund for the third pillar system to offer an inexpensive pension product
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Nordic pension funds expect ECB tightening as war adds to inflation
AP4 sees ECB hike to zero as likely this year; Veritas says central bank may have no other choice than to tighten
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: The pathway to net zero needs Scope 3 emissions
Accounting for Scope 3 is challenging, but integrating these emissions allows for better monitoring of pathways to decarbonisation
