All IPE articles in September 2020 (online) – Page 4
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Varma to expand sustainable equities portfolio to up to €1bn
Finnish pension fund reshapes 4-year-old portfolio project to bring it closer to SDGs
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Mercer starts master trust for UK DB schemes
Independent Trustee Services (ITS) and PTL have been appointed as additional professional trustees
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IPD disputes ATP’s ‘conservative’ free-rider calculations
Lobby group says fund has a point, but failing to save for a pension is not an advantage
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Survey: Active, smart beta ETFs to see uptick in next three years
JPMorgan Asset Management says ETF allocations held in passive products will decline to 61% of portfolios
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Tough choice for Swiss cabinet on interest rate for 2nd pillar pensions
BVG-Kommission has recommended the minimum interest rate for occupational pensions drops from the current 1% to 0.75%
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Mandate roundup: Asset owner duo invests in Equita’s private debt
Plus: Quaestio awards Impax €79m sustainable mandate
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Bad press drives Danish FSA board member to quit after five days
Appointment of former Barclays security chief Troels Ørting Jørgensen came in for criticism
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Dutch insurer Vivat to focus solely on pensions
It is also introducing pension fund buyouts as a third ‘focus area’
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ESG roundup: UBS AM launches own climate-aware strategy line
Plus: Oxford Uni partnership with Lombard Odier; FRC reporting lab project; Truvalue Labs indexes
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Finanstilsynet slates P+ for ‘significant deficiencies’ in IT security
Regulator issues academics’ pension fund with official orders to rectify problems
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ATP says ‘free riders’ in Danish pension system end up with more
Basic tenet of Danish welfare idea is not working, says pensions giant
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Austrian funds see AUM Q2 recovery of 7.4%
Sustainable funds saw assets grow by 16.6% in Q2 to €12.4bn
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Adding to financial thinking
Peter Kraneveld applies statistical theory to COVID-19 and concludes that investors should start thinking about events that have no mean regression
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NBIM urges GRI standards to track outcomes of human rights efforts
Norway oil fund manager suggests GSSB’s revisions of Universal Standards could go further
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UK DC consultation encourages investment in VC, green infrastructure
The government is proposing amendments to the charge cap to accommodate performance fees
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Standard-setters outline ‘vision’ for ESG corporate reporting solution
Quintet says ‘conditions are ripe for the development of a market-based and globally coherent solution for sustainability disclosure standards’
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German pension equalisation changes likely to hinder providers
A company pension provider must include the person entitled to compensation in its own pension scheme
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Lower life expectancy lifts Dutch funding ratios by 2%
Funds with a young population are being affected more than more mature schemes
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PFA unveils push into Swedish residential, Danish senior living
Danish pension fund already in talks with municipalities to set up nursing homes, independent living units
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PRI: Investors show EU taxonomy applicability and ‘optimising’ needs
PRI publicises work done by investors brought together in taxonomy practitioner group