All IPE articles in September 2018 (online)
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NewsPensionsEurope’s chair on Brexit, retirement age and Dutch reform
Janwillem Bouma in conversation with IPE’s sister publication Pensioen Pro
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NewsAA drives de-risking with £351m bulk annuity deal
Transaction is Canada Life’s largest in the UK pension market
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NewsNetherlands roundup: Managers back textile industry fair pay initiative
Plus: APG to move office in cost-cutting move; ASR seeds ESG emerging market debt ETF
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NewsLothian backs merger of Scottish local authority funds
£6.7bn scheme calls for mergers to come from work with ‘like-minded partners on a voluntary basis’
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NewsFTSE Russell predicts $10bn inflow when A-shares join indices in 2019
Chinese government bonds could be added to leading fixed income benchmarks following review of classification criteria
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NewsNetherlands to raise bar for cross-border pension transfers
Proposal is in response to concerns about funds shifting to Belgium for more lenient regulation
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NewsTop European asset owners back UN’s Tobacco-Free Finance pledge
90 investors sign pledge linked to Sustainable Development Goals, as MSCI launches global and regional tobacco exclusion indices
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NewsMetal industry scheme misses 40,000 pension payments after IT glitch
Mistake was rectified within 24 hours but pension fund has promised a full investigation
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NewsPeople moves: Barnett Waddingham appoints senior data scientist
Barnett Waddingham, PGGM, Lazard, LifeSight, Actuarial Association of Europe, Tesco, De Nationale APF, QMA, Aegon AM, Schroders
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NewsInstitutional investors must get better grasp of dealing costs, says CEM
Transaction costs found to make up quarter of overall investment bill
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NewsESG roundup: Japan’s giant pension selects S&P for ESG indices
Also: BlackRock and Thomson Reuters launch inclusion and diversity index; German association publishes ESG glossary
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NewsDutch government ‘offers concession on retirement age’: report
Minister is prepared to postpone rise to 67 from 2021 to 2025, according to De Volkskrant
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NewsMSCI proposes to quadruple China A-shares weight in EM benchmarks
ChiNext and mid-cap companies could be added in phases throughout 2019 and 2020
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NewsPLSA shrinks board in overhaul of governance structure
UK pension scheme trade body names 17-person policy board
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Country ReportMercer hits out at competition regulator’s data use
Data analysis errors ‘cast doubt on the credibility’ of CMA’s call for regulatory intervention in fiduciary management
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NewsSome Swiss Pensionskassen reject ESG citing costs, lack of detail
Complementa risk survey reflects increase in sustainable investments, but concerns abound
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NewsCutting carbon emissions could cause losses of up to 25%, says consultant
Focusing just on a portfolio’s carbon footprint is not enough, argues Ridzert van der Zee
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NewsSweden’s AP Funds behind first short-term green bond issue
Property company Vasakronan issues SEK610m of green commercial paper bonds
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NewsTanguy van de Werve to head European funds lobby group
Former AFME managing director to take EFAMA top role on 1 January
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NewsLongevity improvements will continue, says demographics expert
Pension funds shouldn’t count themselves rich on slowdown of life expectancy, argues James Vaupel
