All IPE articles in May 2025 (online) – Page 2
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Podcast#17 Leaders in Investment podcast: Paul Clark, Non-Executive Director and Senior Adviser, Former Head of Real Assets Europe, AustralianSuper
Paul Clark, Non-Executive Director and Senior Adviser, Former Head of Real Assets Europe, AustralianSuper.
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NewsMediahuis pension fund hedges all equity risk in run-up to DC transition
The pension fund deployed a put options strategy more than 2.5 years before its planned transition to a defined contribution arrangement
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NewsERAFP launches €3bn foreign currency hedging tender
The renewal tender comes after the French pension fund last month activitated its standby manager
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NewsGerman pension buyout firm links up with Lampe Asset Management
Strategic partnership is about the management and investment of pension obligations after buyout deals
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NewsPrivate capital managers ‘emerging as strongest advocates for ESG’
In a survey, a third said they would be less vocal about their sustainable action, compared with 45% of conventional asset managers
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NewsUK businesses plan to access DB pension surplus – research
UK government estimates that total surplus within DB pension schemes stands at £160bn
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NewsSweden uses watchdog to squeeze fund fees, citing FTN pensions achievement
Ministry’s example shows procured premium pension funds cost less than a quarter of the same funds outside the platform
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NewsPrevip strips Amundi of sub-fund mandate
€3.4bn Italian multi-employer defined contribution pension fund reallocates assets to mandate co-incumbent
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NewsFinance sector claims more positive impacts on sustainability
Analysis of the first CSRD reports shows finance is most bullish on its contribution to people and planet
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NewsNordic pension funds hold off on dialling down strategic US exposure
Danish pension funds favoured European equities in Q1, central bank data shows
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NewsRailpen offloads third-party admin to Broadstone
Railpen’s third-party admin clients and employees will transfer to Broadstone
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NewsFrieslandCampina in €1.5bn buyout deal with Achmea Pension & Life
The deal covers pension assets of approximately 8,000 (former) employees of Friesland Foods and FrieslandCampina
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NewsJudge blocks PGGM from firing critical chief economist
Guy Verberne had criticised the Dutch pension asset manager’s new sustainable investment policy
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: How should institutional investors insulate from poor private equity performance?
2024 was by many measures another poor year for private equity. Against the backdrop of flat industry assets under management and falling capital raised, annual exits have now fallen to 50% of the levels seen in 2022. Cash distributions, aided by a range of financial engineering techniques rather than true ...
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NewsAmundi, Generali, Allianz among managers to join Italy’s national strategic fund
Pension funds Enpam, Arco and Prevedi are yet to decide whether to participate in the Fondo Nazionale Strategico Indiretto
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NewsNatixis affiliates in merger to create global thematic powerhouse
The deal combines Mirova’s €32bn in assets, including €3.1bn in thematic strategies, with Thematics AM’s €3.1bn in assets spread across high-conviction themes
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Pension funds retreat from the US while looking at Asia
Corporate pension funds are lowering their exposures to equities, the dollar and US Treasuries, and hesitating to commit new capital to private markets in the US
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NewsEU watchdog urges EC to change approach to pensions given failures
IORP II, PEPP regulation have failed to boost supplementary pensions, says European Court of Auditors
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NewsCanada’s largest pension fund drops net-zero promise
CEO says CPPIB has only changed how the pension fund communicates its net-zero commitments
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NewsEstablishment of Irish auto enrolment system ‘well underway’
Department of Social Protection advertises for CEO and board member positions, announces preferred bidders for investment management services
