All articles by Rachel Fixsen – Page 102
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Auto-enrolment should be expanded, say UK firms
Nearly all companies favour broadening the regime to include lower-paid workers and the self-employed, according to a CBI/Scottish Widows poll
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Nordic roundup: Alecta ramps up robotics ahead of 2023 ITP bid
Sweden’s biggest pension fund reports H1 results, while Denmark’s PFA puts €180m into Dutch green bonds
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NewsItalian pension schemes hit out at government plan for new fund
The Italian Social Security Institute wants to set up an alternative to existing second-pillar funds, but trade body Assofondipensione warns it could hurt the system
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NewsPensionDanmark, Industriens return to PRI after 2013 spat
All six Danish pension funds that exited the PRI six years ago have now returned as signatories in the wake of a governance review
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NewsItaly roundup: Industry scheme seeks managers for €1.6bn worth of mandates
Fondo Telemaco seeks private equity and private debt managers to run €105m; Solidarietà Veneto picks Groupama, Eurizon for new mandates
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Denmark’s LD partners with charity for revised ownership policy
LD Pensions has teamed up with UK-based charity Future-Fit Foundation, using its framework to shape the pension fund’s new engagement and ownership policy
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AP4 CEO: Strong H1 returns sign of still-volatile market
Niklas Ekvall stresses shortcomings of government proposal regarding illiquid investments
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Nordea Life & Pension Sweden makes €2.1bn sustainable investment shift
Swedish pension provider says move halved the portfolio’s carbon footprint
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Targeting people not in paid work could narrow gender pension gap: PPI
Pension Policy Institute finds 50% more women than men to retire with no private pension
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LD tenders DKK1bn Danish equities, ‘many more’ mandates to follow
Foreign equities mandates to come over next year including smart beta and active management
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NewsSwedish government urged to defer IORP II, regs published
Trade union body PTK says changes made since the original proposal are not enough
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Alecta invests €100m in African social government bond
Bond structured by Japanese bank MUFG, insured by African Trade Insurance Agency
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ATP picks BNY Mellon to replace Northern Trust as global custodian
Northern Trust mandate ends in October; ATP received ‘several competent bids’
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NewsDanish roundup: Prime minister starts talks on early retirement pension
Plus: Labour market pension fund PBU invests DKK100m in microfinance; Teachers fund Lærernes hires consulting firm for CEO search
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ATP, PKA invest in European Investment Bank’s DKK3bn climate bond
First Danish kroner bond issued by an sovereign, supranational or agency was praised for fostering transparency
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Half of FTSE 100 companies could buy out DB funds in 10 years: report
Diverting an additional 6% of profits would let 70% of FTSE 100 schemes buy out within a decade, says Barnett Waddingham
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NewsPenSam blacklists 26 oil firms but sticks with Shell, BP
Danish pension fund divests more than €17m worth of shares in its latest equity portfolio exclusions move in support of the Paris Agreement on climate change
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Country ReportIORP II: Race to adopt new rules
Putting the new IORP II rules in place will be a challenge for Italian pension funds in areas like risk management
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NewsMP Pension lifts suspension of Macquarie after tax scandal
Australian bank was initially quarantined by the academics pension fund in October 2018 after it was linked to so-called Cum-Ex scandal
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NewsNBIM brings Rio Tinto, Walmart back into sovereign fund’s universe
SWF revokes exclusions for list of major stocks also including Rio Tinto, Walmart, General Dynamics and Nutrien
