All IPE articles in October 2020 (online) – Page 2
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NewsPRI consults on new three-year strategy, real-world outcomes key
Consultation open until 25 November, with final strategy to come into effect in April 2021
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NewsClimate action most popular SDG among Dutch pension funds
Pension funds often select SDGs following member surveys
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NewsNearly two-thirds of listed DB sponsors have warned on profits this year
UK-listed DB sponsors are concentrated in industrial and consumer discretionary FTSE sectors
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NewsSwiss BVK to up equity and real assets allocations under new strategy
€35.9bn Pensionskasse’s new investment strategy to kick in in February
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NewsABN Amro fund’s excess returns: the secret to success
CIO says ‘consistent focus on risk management’ has been key
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NewsSweden roundup: Agency softens predicted hit to income pension
Plus: SPK bonds to equities reallocation boosts YTD returns; Länsförsäkringar market-rate product contributions up 18%
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NewsProgress on diversity in investment ‘disappointingly slow’, says WTW
Consultancy aims to seek out more new managers that have diverse teams
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NewsMetallRente warns of ‘illusion’ about disability state pension provision
Germany no longer has an occupational disability pension, only a state pension for near total work incapacity
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NewsSocial issues now bigger focus of active ownership, says Danica
Crisis has put companies’ business models to the test, says CEO
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NewsCERN pension fund CEO to step down
Eyton-Jones plans to relocate from Switzerland to the UK next year
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NewsAsset managers split over UK corporate TCFD reporting rule approach
Aviva backs comply-or-explain rather than mandatory route, but with annual AGM vote
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NewsDanica picked to run new-style pensions for Norwegian engineers
NITO announces “giant agreement” with Danske Bank subsidiary for Individual Pension Account provision
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NewsGerman pension scheme to expand private debt allocation
The persistent low interest rate environment is a ‘massive challenge’ for asset managers and it is forcing investors to diversify into illiquid asset classes
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NewsNew code of practice aims to raise sole trustee standards
The code outlines how sole trusteeship service providers need to evidence robust governance structures
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NewsESG roundup: Northern LGPS targets ‘100% Paris alignment’
Plus: More consolidation in ESG data market; Banking group seeks civil society input
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NewsDanish ‘wise men’ rue new complications for pension system
Finance lobby agrees with advisory body and flags costs of frequent changes
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Stirring the pot - government review should open VC for pension funds
DC pension review: why there should be an opening for venture capital investment
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NewsOld British Steel Scheme set for £2bn buyout with PIC
The transaction will secure the pensions of 30,000 former steelworkers and keep them out of the Pension Protection Fund
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NewsPRI kicks off multi-year human rights programme
Move encouraged by observation that UN Guiding Principles ‘a focal point around which policy around the world is converging’
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NewsAlecta becomes first Swedish pension fund to exceed SEK1trn assets
Year-to-date return enters profit zone in Q3 after COVID-linked losses
