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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NewsEIOPA flags liquidity challenges as pension funds expand private market exposure
Pension funds’ rising allocations to private markets strengthen diversification but heighten liquidity management pressures, new EIOPA data shows
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AnalysisThe state of stewardship five years after the Exxon showdown
Five years after Exxon’s AGM revolt, investors are redefining stewardship through policy influence and outcomes
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NewsThink tank calls for sovereign wealth funds to jump-start pension funding
Bruegel advocates debt-funded sovereign wealth funds to accelerate pension funding and strengthen capital markets
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NewsSwiss pension funds access repo transactions amid liquidity concerns
Regulatory change opens repo market to Swiss pension funds facing liquidity demands
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: German unions push mandatory workplace pensions
The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) supports compulsory workplace pensions, co-financed by employers
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NewsProviders position for €56bn opportunity in Germany’s private pensions overhaul
Reform establishing retirement savings accounts could generate €26-56bn of additional annual net inflows, according to S&P Global Ratings
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NewsAsset managers urged to rethink business models as structural shifts reshape markets
Research by Thinking Ahead Institute and CAIA Association finds many asset managers recognise structural shifts but lack integrated responses to them
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InterviewsInvest Europe backs measures to boost pension fund allocations to venture capital
Elias Korosis, Invest Europe chair, says regulatory reform is needed to increase pension fund venture capital allocations
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NewsPPF, USS picked to join UK government’s senior-level financial markets forum
The Market Engagement Group is due to meet twice a year, with a maximum of 10 members at each meeting
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NewsMRH Trowe creates pensions holding company after Lurse, Heubeck acquisitions
German consultancy consolidates pensions, benefits and actuarial businesses as competition intensifies in advisory market
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NewsHeadline fees mask deeper discounting in private markets, says bfinance
LPs report deeper private market fee discounting as fundraising pressure and liquidity constraints reshape pricing
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Opinion PiecesSystem-level investing ideas from a European investor tour
Long-time institutional investor Jon Lukomnik sets out five crowd-sourced ideas for more tools for asset owners to deal with systemic risk
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Nordic pension funds on Arctic protection
Nordic pension funds – Danish ones in particular – made their voices heard on Arctic protection following EU Commission’s position on oil and gas
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NewsNet-zero investing thwarted by fuzzy thinking on risk and responsibility
Research paper claims it is essential to create clearer delineations between the risks and roles of different types of financial institutions
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NewsCOVIP chair urges deeper capital markets to unlock pension investment in Italy
‘The issue is not about mandating domestic investments; the issue is making Italy more attractive for long-term pension capital,’ says COVIP’s Mario Pepe
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NewsAsset owners tell EU to hold its nerve on carbon price
Allianz, AkademikerPension and Sampension among those to sign a statement ahead of today’s negotiations on the EU ETS
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NewsInvestors create definitions and assessment framework for shareholder engagement
VOICE project intended to help asset owners convey expectations of asset managers for ‘good’ stewardship
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AnalysisAsset owner June insights: asset allocation at time of regulatory change
Pension reform, EU regulation, threats to shareholder rights, reallocation away from US assets and more - read what’s kept European pension funds busy over the past month
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NewsUK pension megafund reforms may not boost returns, PPI warns
International evidence suggests larger pension schemes do not automatically deliver higher returns or investment outcomes
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NewsPension funds join call for swift agreement on EU automotive law
Church of England Pensions Board is one of 16 investors calling for the European Commission’s automotive package to be agreed ‘quickly and as proposed’
