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NewsIndustry calls for practical, proportionate approach to DB surplus flexibility
The 12-week consultation on releasing surplus closed on 2 September
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NewsSweden’s AP2 outshines larger peers in H1 as trio navigate buffer fund reform
Alecta’s Heimstaden Bostad holding loses value again; ATP’s bonus potential grows 14.5% despite difficult year for Danish equities
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NewsNBIM responsible investment chief Smith Ihenacho to step down
Carine Smith Ihenacho will leave NBIM after nine years, having built its active ownership function
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NewsSamworth Brothers Superanuation Scheme in £400m buy-in with Canada Life
The transaction secures the future pension benefits of more than 3,000 pensioners and 4,000 deferred members in the food industry
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NewsGerman professional pension funds introduce new risk management quality seal
New quality seal aims to strengthen governance and rebuild confidence in Germany’s €300bn professional pension sector
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NewsIPE research: Europe’s pension funds report lower exposure to alternatives and derivatives
Analysis of a sample of 100 among the largest funds in AUM terms shows broadly stable asset allocation
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NewsPensions UK warns against LGPS structural overhaul
Recent public commentary on the future of LGPS overlooks the scheme’s success, according to Pensions UK
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NewsFrance’s pension reserve fund commits €420m to unitranche debt
The allocation is intended to provide FRR with exposure to private debt while supporting the development of French companies and wider economy
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NewsWood Pension Plan completes £1.7bn buy-in with L&G
The transaction secures the benefits for all 16,400 members of the pension fund for the engineering conglomerate Wood Group
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NewsDanish pension sector beats green investment target five years early
Danish association Insurance & Pension Denmark says pension companies held DKK478bn (€64.1bn) in green investments at the end of 2025
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Special ReportIPE Top 1000 Pension Funds 2026: Europe’s changing €10trn pension industry
The assets held by Europe’s Top 1000 pension funds are now worth well above €10trn, and despite occasional wide fluctuations in yearly growth rates, they have increased at a healthy pace of 4.6% per year over the past decade.
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Special ReportTop 10 European pension funds register AUM growth acceleration
The top 10 pension European pension funds have gained €222bn in assets since last year’s Top 1000 study, representing a 7% increase in AUM, compared with last year’s 6% growth.
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Special ReportIPE Top 1000 European Pension Funds 2026: Top 100 asset allocation
IPE’s breakdown of 100 leading pensions pension funds with asset allocation data (%)
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Special ReportIPE Top 1000 European Pension Funds 2026 rankings
IPE’s ranking of leading pension funds by assets
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Special ReportEuropean legislators challenge Commission’s IORP II overhaul
MEP amendments suggest disappointing outcome for Commission, deemed to have “gone too far” in its attempt to modernise the main EU directive for occupational pensions, writes Susanna Rust
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Special ReportEuropean pension assets maintain momentum
The headline figure of this year’s IPE Top 1000 Pension Funds study came in 5.4% higher than last year, reaching €10.55trn.
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AnalysisAsset owner September insights: equity shifts, sustainability battles and pension reform
August brought equity allocation shifts, sustainability disputes, German pension scandals and fresh momentum for workplace pension reform across Europe
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Opinion PiecesAI boom highlights a flawed bond market
Mark Versey, CEO of Aviva Investors, explains how AI-driven debt issuance is exposing passive bond investors to growing concentration risks and undermining traditional index diversification
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AnalysisIPE Netherlands Briefing: Dutch pension fund Recreatie replaces BlackRock
The mandatory pension fund for the recreation sector said the change of managers had been ‘a business decision’ in which cost considerations had played a major role
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NewsMajor rejig of Swedish premium pension could see up to €10bn passed to AP7
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