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German corporates increasingly fund pension liabilities fully, strengthening governance, reducing risk, and supporting profitability amid regulation
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German pension funds led a sharp rebound in Spezialfonds inflows, as institutional demand recovered strongly in 2025
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NewsEssentra pension plan completes £104m buy-in deal with Aviva
The transaction, which secures benefits of both deferred and pensioner members, is the second deal between Aviva and the plan’s trustees
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NewsUK Lords back DC scale exemption in Pension Schemes Bill
Peers approve DC scale exemption, challenging UK consolidation push and reinforcing focus on member outcomes
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NewsNorway’s SWF says UK should be stricter in green reporting proposal
NBIM responds to FCA’s proposed new sustainability disclosure rules for listed companies; calls for timelines for Scope 3 emissions reporting to become mandatory
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NewsChurch of England Pensions Board to vote against climate-backtracking banks
‘No’ votes already planned for AGMs of NatWest, Santander, and HSBC
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NewsLifeSight to launch retirement CDC solution
The collective defined contribution solution will help address growing challenge of converting DC savings into sustainable retirement income
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NewsIcelandic pension fund majors beat the average, as inflation weighs on all
Gildi reports 3.3% real return for 2025, LV produces 3.2%, while smaller Stapi delivers 1.8%
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NewsTPT Retirement Solutions hires superfund head to evolve proposition
Steve Collins was hired as TPT’s new head of superfund to play a ‘key role’ in helping bring the proposition to market
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NewsFinancial analysts’ culture shapes production of long-term info, research finds
Inherited cultural values around long-term thinking underappreciated in financial markets, says co-author
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NewsPanasonic pension plan completes bulk purchase annuity transaction with M&G
The £140m transaction is M&G’s first to use LCP’s streamlined buy-in service
White papersCentral Banks and bond yields in focus
“The stagflationary impulse from the conflict will reshape the growth and inflation risk trade-off, creating a policy dilemma for central banks globally. Overall, we expect central banks to postpone easing, but not to reverse it, a wait-and-see stance seems plausible and appropriate.”
Asset Manager NewsActis completes acquisition of leading Singaporean environmental management business 800 Super
Actis, a leading growth market investor in sustainable infrastructure, today announced the completion of its acquisition of a 90% stake in 800 Super, a leading integrated environmental management company in Singapore.
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Sosteneo SGR S.p.A. (“Sosteneo”) has acquired the remaining 50% interest in the 151 MW Mineo solar photovoltaic project1, located in the province of Catania, Sicily, Italy, from European Energy A/S (“European Energy”), a Denmark-based independent power producer.
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NewsBlackRock calls for long-term focus to boost Europe’s savings and capital markets
CEO Larry Fink urges Europeans to prioritise long-term savings investment, boosting wealth, pensions and domestic capital markets
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NewsIORP II review: EFAMA adds to pushback against performance benchmarking proposal
Plus: PEPP 5% private assets cap ‘restrictive’ and member states’ buy-in key for supplementary pensions package success
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NewsAP7 raises bar for gender diverse boards in Japan, India in new voting policy
Swedish pensions giant updates voting policy for 2026 AGMs for its 2,000-company portfolio
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NewsGermany eyes boost in pension investment via global equities
Policymakers and industry push to expand occupational and private pensions, eyeing equity markets to drive returns
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NewsSV Pensionsfonds takes over €900m liabilities from Hamburger Sparkasse
Haspa offloads €900m pension liabilities to SV Pensionsfonds in de-risking deal, lifting its assets to €1.5bn
White papersPrivate credit and real asset debt: resilience through rate normalisation
Private credit, commercial real estate (CRE), infrastructure debt, and middle market direct lending have proved resilient across most rate regimes because performance is anchored in structure, cashflow durability, and disciplined underwriting - not in the direction of policy rates.




