Markets
In-depth reporting on the subject of investment markets, including emerging markets and private markets, for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsDutch pension giants post solid 2024 returns despite bond market headwinds
Strong equity market returns more than compensated for capricious returns on bonds
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NewsWTW Switzerland takes over pension advisory business of Groupe Mutuel
Occupational pension experts at Groupe Mutuel, Sébastien Brocard and Julien Melly, will join the team at WTW
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NewsTNFD nets multi-year funding from Rockefeller, adds sectors
Rockefeller Foundation to join Stewardship Council alongside other funding partners of the Taskforce
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NewsAustria’s pension funds deliver 7.8% for 2024
Last year’s returns marked the best result in the last four years after 6.4% in 2023 and a significantly negative return of -9.7% in 2022
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NewsNorthern Trust AM exits CA100+ and NZAM
The asset manager is the latest in a string of signatory departures from climate action groups, following BlackRock ditching NZAM earlier this month
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NewsBrunel, NEST to help steer body eyeing ‘friction’ in UK equity markets
Investor & Issuer Forum to tackle contentious issues to enhance London’s equity market
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NewsL&G master trust reaches £30bn in assets under management
According to L&G, it is the first commercial master trust in the UK to reach the milestone
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NewsGenerali creates €1.9trn asset management JV with Natixis IM
Generali and BPCE have signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding for each to own 50% of the joint venture
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NewsTPI adds coal mining sector to carbon performance assessments
The move comes as investors and governments aim to tackle the environmental fallout of coal mining
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NewsBarmeniaGothaer AM ditches third-party managers for corporate bonds
‘The new team we will be able to manage certain types of investments such as corporate bonds in the future,’ says co-CEO
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NewsDutch pension funds divest from Tesla
ABP and Bpf Bouw, two of the largest four pension funds in the Netherlands with over €600bn in assets between them, have sold their shares in Tesla over ESG concerns
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NewsGenerali Investments buys majority of MGG Investment for $320m
The acquisition comes as Generali is close to creating a joint venture with Natixis Investment Managers
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NewsIOSCO hails final ethical framework for sustainability reporting assurance
Securities regulators forum calls on national regulators to make use of IESBA standard
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NewsGermany’s AfD proposes employment pension account for capital market investments
Capital flowing to the employment pension account would be invested in capital markets through ETFs, funds and stocks, according to proposal
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NewsDAX-listed firms’ pension schemes see funding ratios reach new record of 83%
Pension assets of DAX companies increased last year by €6bn year-on-year to €264bn, while pension liabilities fell to €320bn last year, from €324bn in 2023
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NewsSwiss corporate schemes under stress while risk of persistent low interest rates returns
Corporate schemes’ assets went up by 1.5%, partially offsetting increasing liabilities, but funding ratios fell to 120.9% in December 2024, from 121.1% in September 2024
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Germany’s reform zeal to enter unchartered waters
Plus: SPRIN-D calls to deploy capital-funded pensions to support research and development projects; SPD wants to strengthen occupational pensions
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NewsThe People’s Pension targets £4bn private markets investment
The independent master trust aims to appoint a private markets specialist and to create a research capability, initially investing in infrastructure and real estate
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NewsLSEG calls for overhaul of EU sustainable finance regulation
Make it easier to invest in polluting companies through SFDR and climate benchmark rules, and simplify green taxonomy, group tells policymakers
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NewsUsing investment profits to finance social security can impact private pensions
BVI CEO Thomas Richter has labelled the plan of chancellor candidate for the Green Party, Robert Habeck, as a ‘populist foolish idea’
