News – Page 102
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NewsETFs boost capital inflows to Article 6 funds, says EFAMA
Article 6 UCITS funds saw inflows of €101bn last year, a turnaround from -€208bn in 2022, according to EFAMA’s Fact Book 2024
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NewsObituary: Martin Clarke, former UK government actuary
Martin Clarke passed away on 5 June 2024 following a period in hospital
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NewsSibelco Pension Scheme completes £165m buy-in with Aviva
Plus: K3 Advisory launches small scheme buy-in to buyout services
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NewsGrowing gap in UK company mental health support, says UK research
CCLA benchmark is primarily designed as a tool to guide investors in engaging with companies, rather than using it to include or exclude companies from their portfolios
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NewsStockholm trio merging into two is preferred option of buffer fund review
AP6 to win welcome freedoms, according to proposals in Tord Gransbo’s long-awaited official report
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NewsNest Sammelstiftung freezes threshold for private markets allocation
‘The performance was not good compared to listed stock markets due to illiquidity,’ the scheme’s CIO says regarding its private markets portfolio
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NewsLondon CIV appoints Andrien Meyers as chief proposition officer
Meyers’s appointment forms core part of London CIV’s next strategy phase
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NewsSFDR: ESAs call for ‘transition’ label, consumer testing, govvie framework
ESAs propose product classification system to replace Articles 8 and 9 categorisation, with a dedicated transition label
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NewsAsset owners to draft action plan for biodiversity strategies
Challenges to implement nature and biodiversity strategies, and how to overcome them, are key in drafting the plan
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NewsArcmont and Carne to launch private debt LTAF
The LTAF will provide DC schemes with exposure to private debt
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NewsAustrian pension funds see AUM soar by 3.03%
FMA’s latest quarterly report shows that Pensionskassen AUM for Q1 2024 stood at €27.18bn, having increased by €800m
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NewsGlobal active assets drop below 70%
Overall AUM measured across the industry grew 8.6% in 2023, topping €111trn
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NewsSwedish funds agency sets soft ceiling on fees, changes tender order
FTN announces changes to its plans and improvements to the process, following lessons learned
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NewsPartners fail to agree on specifics for Ukraine reconstruction fund
An equity capital fund to finance large-scale projects in key sectors in war-torn country expected to be on the table for discussions
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NewsSweden eases rules on occupational pension payout phase, allowing pauses
Government follows through on last autumn’s pact by all-party pensions group
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NewsPhoenix starts £160bn shift to climate strategies with FTSE index
The decarbonisation trajectory built into the methodology of its new index is consistent with getting to net zero by 2050
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NewsLGPS investment management costs drop by £141m
The investment management cost decrease was attributed primarily to a £188.5m net decrease in performance fees
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NewsPFZW reports underperformance of SDG investments
Management fees for the Dutch healthcare scheme’s actively managed SDG equity mandate are also significantly higher
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NewsUK election: ‘Growth-focused’ government should prioritise implementation of CDC
Industry confident CDC will go ahead after “years” of cross-party support
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NewsEU taxonomy makes ‘moderate contribution’ to net-zero transition – report
Researchers at DIW in Berlin carried out a criteria-based assessment of 26 taxonomies, with the EU’s netting the highest number of points but still falling short of a ‘high contribution’ result
