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NewsLagarde says Capital Markets Union is ‘missing link’ for Europe’s climate transition
‘Deepening and integrating’ EU capital markets would be critical to supporting green investments at scale, the ECB president says
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NewsPhysical climate risks are being priced into cost of capital, finds analysis
Exeter University and Network for Greening the Financial System have also published research on the topic this month
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NewsUK largest pension providers and insurers back regional growth drive
All Accord signatories, along with Rothesay, PIC and the PPF, have signed up to the ‘Sterling 20’ initiative
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NewsPension funds risk lengthy legal battle on Credit Suisse’s AT1 bonds
‘We see no reason to change our strategy due to the write-down of a security, which we also believe was carried out illegally,’ says CEO of Migros Pensionskasse
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NewsAustralia’s retirement savings model is shaping the UK’s investment future
Deeper pensions and investment ties between Australia and the UK make sense, says Gregg McClymont, IFM Investors’ executive director of public affairs, EMEA
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NewsFCA sets out roadmap to support tokenisation in asset management
Tokenisation has the potential to make fund management ‘more efficient, more transparent and more accessible to investors’, says regulator
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NewsMercer Index warns against forcing pension funds to back national growth agendas
The Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark and Israel have all retained their coveted A-grade status in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
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NewsGIIN Forum 2025: Pension funds now supply 35% of impact capital
Institutional impact allocations have soared since 2019, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
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NewsDeutsche Finance Group moves to steady pension ties during shake-up
The focus for 2026 will be on new investment strategies, says group
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NewsBritish Business Bank helps raise £2bn towards UK technology, life sciences companies
The Bank co-invested £250m into the 33 companies
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NewsSchroders ramps up activity in fast-evolving German buyout space
Firm says it recognised the growth opportunity in the German market early on
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NewsDutch pension funds continue to increase interest rate hedges
The increases in hedging ratios come as the moment pension funds will convert DB accruals to DC capital is edging closer
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: SeLFIES (on mobile phones) for the self-employed
An innovative bond pioneered by Brazil could help fix the self-employment pension problem in the EU and the UK
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NewsSwiss pension funds hit by Nestlé slump and equity home bias
PPCmetrics shows that Swiss pension funds have invested CHF11bn – or 1.3% of total assets of CHF909bn – in Nestlé, more than any other single company
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator – October 2025: Views converge amid uncertainty
Though very few analysts expect equities and bonds to fall across the board, with the exception of Japan, the ‘neutral’ vote is very high
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AnalysisFixed income, rates, currencies: US heads for soft-landing
The US economy is on course to avoid a recession, thanks to the Fed’s clever tactics, but the effects of tariffs have yet to feed through
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AnalysisMacro focus: the new shape of economic recovery in the post-Covid world
The effects of the global recession caused by the response to the COVID-19 pandemic are lingering, as seen by the uneven patterns of consumer spending
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NewsInvestors weigh in on future of EU sustainability disclosures rules
EFRAG has proposed cutting reporting standards by two thirds
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NewsNorway’s sovereign wealth fund cautions ESG stress tests must avoid capital flight
Supervisory stress tests should ‘encourage financial institutions to engage proactively with counterparties on credible transition and adaptation planning’, NBIM says
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NewsMercer widens pension consultancy reach in DACH region
The consultancy has joined forces with Vienna-based SLG Treasury
