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NewsGerman scheme invests in VC arm of cooperative banking group
Government plans to channel institutional investors’ capital towards start-ups, as the number of venture capital deals sunk by 25% last year
White papersPositioning portfolios for the next world order
The global operating system is being re-wired. Strategic rivalry is back, self-interest is back, and the institutions built to manage a more cooperative world are visibly straining. None of this is sudden. The pressures have been building since the Global Financial Crisis, but their impact on markets is becoming harder to ignore. For investors, the result is a more fragmented, policy-driven world in which outcomes are more uneven and less predictable, and in which resilience matters more than ever.
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AnalysisBanks, asset managers poised to benefit from Germany’s pension overhaul
Proposed pension reforms could channel billions into German capital markets, creating opportunities for banks and asset managers
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NewsProviders position for €56bn opportunity in Germany’s private pensions overhaul
Reform establishing retirement savings accounts could generate €26-56bn of additional annual net inflows, according to S&P Global Ratings
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NewsAerospace, cyber venture capital test Italy’s pension framework
Italian pension funds increase venture capital bets in aerospace and cybersecurity, urging clearer rules and larger funding rounds
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NewsVidendum pension fund joins Clara-Pensions
Clara will also inject additional ringfenced capital into the scheme, enhancing security of members’ benefits as they begin journey to an insured buyout
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NewsItalian pension fund moves €2.16bn to Luxembourg platform in new strategy
The overhaul coincides with the rollout of BCC CRA’s 2025–27 strategic asset allocation for its three sub-funds
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Providers sharpen DC capabilities as private markets debate widens
The number of European Long-Term Investment Funds and exchange-traded funds is expected to rise within German corporate pension schemes
White papersMacro brief: What could a China shock 2.0 mean for Europe?
High US tariffs make it more likely a bigger share of China’s industrial overcapacity finds its way to Europe. This would benefit European consumers by lowering inflation and boosting real incomes. But without any trade response from Brussels, it could squeeze domestic production and to counter that, targeted trade defence measures may be required.
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NewsBVV expands DC offering as doubts grow over Germany’s pension reform
DC plans are gaining traction, says Marco Herrmann, chair of BVV, the pension provider for Germany’s financial sector
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De Grave to chair PGGM cooperative
NETHERLANDS - The board of the PGGM cooperative has appointed Frank de Grave as its new chairman.
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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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NewsDutch Pension Co-operative goes out of business
NETHERLANDS – The Dutch Pension Co-operative – established in 2007 as a joint service provider for pension funds – has gone into liquidation.
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Co-operative could provide pensions solace – Santing
[16:35 CET 09-02] NETHERLANDS – Dutch pension funds should join forces as co-operatives to prevent being forced further into short-term thinking, according to Gerald Santing, former director of the Netherlands Authority of the Financial Markets (AFM).
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Co-operative fund on diversification streak
[16:28 CEST 05/06] UK - The new £5.5bn career average Co-operative Group Pension Scheme is adjusting its equity/bond split in favour of diversification into currency, commodities and infrastructure.
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Swedish architects survey pensions cooperative
[16:25 CEST 08-05] SWEDEN - Arkitekternas Pensionskassa, the Swedish pension fund for architects, is in talks with four other pensions players with a view to setting up some form of cooperation that would enable them all to cut costs.
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NewsItalian fund overhauls strategy, awards €1.6bn in mandates
Latest round of manager appointments follows a broader decision by BCC CRA to diversify portfolios via new ‘specialist and balanced world mandates’
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Bavarian cooperative fund spreads its wings
[16:30 CEST 03-09] GERMANY – The €270m pension fund of the Bavarian cooperative Pensionskasse der Genossenschaftsorganisation VVaG has said it will expand beyond its Bavarian borders to target companies across the whole of Germany.
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Union looks beyond co-operative sector
GERMANY – Union Investment, the asset manager for German co-operative banks, has reported substantial growth in third-party business, noting that of the 76 mandates won during 2006, 58 came from institutions outside the co-operative bank sector.
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Swiss to vote on second pillar reform
Plus: Overestimated expenses by FSIO prompt call for Rossini’s resignation; Höchster scheme investing in start-ups
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