All IPE articles in May 2025 (online)
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NewsPeople moves: IFM’s Nikulina joins ShareAction’s trustee board
Plus: PPF chief joins Capital Markets Industry Taskforce; FCA makes board appointments
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NewsUK pension funds brace for surge in member enquiries as dashboard rollout begins
WTW polled 68 pension schemes on challenges expected ahead of the pensions dashboard launch
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NewsSSGA launches opt-in sustainability stewardship service
New service is available globally to institutional separately-managed accounts that ‘prioritise achieving sustainability outcomes’
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NewsManagers looking for more leadership from asset owners, says PRI CEO
PRI working on project to ‘re-articulate the financial case for responsible investment’
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NewsDutch funds see funding ratios rise in Q1 despite negative returns
Dutch pension funds felt the effects of Donald Trump’s trade war in the first three months of the year as interest rates rose and assets fell
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Policymakers should think beyond auto-enrolment
aba’s Cornelia Schmid reflects on the European Commission’s Savings and Investments Union (SIU) strategy
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NewsIASB forges ahead with climate, other uncertainties reporting examples
The board is expected to finalise the examples in October 2025
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NewsDutch funding ratios rebound after tariffs delay
The average pension fund had a funding ratio of 116% at the end of the month
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NewsBulk purchase annuity transactions hit record number in 2024
298 bulk purchase annuity transactions were completed in 2024, an increase from 227 in 2023
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NewsLGPS Central launches stewardship service to ease governance burden
Mandate announced by the pool in January 2025
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NewsPrudential Regulation Authority puts funded reinsurance use high on agenda
Regulator to increase transparency of insurer life stress test by publishing both sector-wide and firm-specific stress test results for largest UK life insurers
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NewsGerman pension funds turn to Asia due to concerns over US assets
SOKA-BAU aims to increase its overall allocation to Asian assets to 35% of its total portfolio, up from the current 12.7% level
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NewsIndex investors should pay managers a ‘separate fee’ for climate engagement
The use of index funds and ETFs continues to rise, being estimated to account for 43.5% of global long-term assets in 2024
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NewsLD Pensions rapped by FSA for investment risk guidelines failings
Danish pension fund acknowledges official orders to correct procedures in three areas
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NewsPrivate-sector funds left Swedish premium pension savers worse off, agency reports
Swedish Pensions Agency says parliamentary objective for payout phase of premium pension is not being met via traditional insurance or fund market
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NewsOslo professor to lead new GPFG panel with active management review role
Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe picked to chair three-strong SWF council established to help ministry decide how NOK18.7trn fund should be run in future
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NewsEuropean Commission consults on SFDR redesign
Call for evidence comes as national supervisors find more asset managers not compliant with law
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NewsMercer to set up new expert group after SECOR takeover
Acquisition boosts Mercer’s fiduciary offering with clients including the Dutch pension fund of the petcare and confectionary multinational Mars
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NewsBrunel Pension Partnership exceeds pooling aims as it explores options
The investment pool has been told to merge with another as UK government rejects its proposed business case
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NewsBritish Growth Partnership takes first step with regulatory nod for third-party arm
The British Growth Partnership creation was announced at the International Investment Summit in October 2024
