All IPE articles in September/October 2025 (Magazine)
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Country ReportThe long goodbye to liability-driven investing
Pension funds will have to make decisions about the timing of their transition to the new pension system, as well as about member risk tolerances and the best new asset allocation frameworks
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Opinion PiecesSweden’s stockmarket star shines for Europe
If trade wars and the decline of the dollar against the euro hadn’t already spooked them enough this year, European investment committees might be forgiven for worrying about the sector concentration of their portfolios after the equity market rally since the spring.
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Country ReportFive key players in Dutch pensions
From an advocate of sustainable investing to a crusader against misinformation and an early mover on fossil fuel stocks, we highlight some of the leading voices and familiar faces in the Dutch pension sector at a time of unprecedented structural reform
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt investor profile: T Rowe Price
That time I hugged our Russia analyst: T Rowe Price’s Samy Muaddi talks about probing EM sovereign credits during the “the biggest inflection point for the industry”
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt investor profile: PGIM Fixed Income
Tight spreads show the maturity of EMD. Cathy Hepworth at PGIM Fixed Income says EMD offers something for every investor
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Opinion PiecesThree years on from the LDI crisis, has the UK pension industry learned its lesson?
This issue of IPE goes to press almost exactly three years after the UK pension industry was thrown into disarray by what many remember as the ‘LDI crisis’. On 23 September 2022, then British chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced sweeping tax cuts that prompted a frenzied sell-off ...
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Country ReportDutch Pension funds see merits and drawbacks in concentrated portfolios
Over the past 15 years or so, the vast majority of Dutch pension funds have largely switched from active management to some form of index investing. But some are now going back to active management and towards more concentrated portfolios.
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InterviewsColler Pensions Institute on a mission to educate developing countries on pensions and savings
David Pinkus and Fiona Reynolds of Coller Pensions Institute tell Liam Kennedy about their plans to foster a pensions and savings culture in emerging and developing countries
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InterviewsPension funds and physical risks: NEST, PFA Pension and PME Pensioenfonds on climate resilience
As the effects of climate change materialise, European pension funds are increasing their focus on physical climate risks
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Country ReportDutch pension regulatory changes: what you need to know
The road from drawing board to statute books has been long, but the majority of pension funds are now preparing for implementation of the new DC model by January 2028
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InterviewsUp close in the high north: IPE meets the CEO of Norway state investment fund Folketrygdfondet
Kjetil Houg, CEO of Folketrygdfondet, tells Rachel Fixsen that when Norway’s government decided to dive deep into regional small caps, it created what is probably the world’s most northerly equities team
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Special ReportWilshire Indexes wants to disrupt the status quo in the global index business
T he index industry has long been a comfortable oligopoly with the powerful brands of MSCI, FTSE Russell and S&P Dow Jones Indices controlling more than 80% of global index product revenue.
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Special ReportBoom or bust? The state of play for net zero indices
Paris-aligned benchmarks have underperformed recently, driving asset owners to think more about customised and active alternatives
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Opinion PiecesGuest viewpoint: Magnus Billing on the push for 'productive finance'
European policymakers are pushing pension funds toward ‘productive finance’ – directing capital into asset classes such as private equity, venture capital and infrastructure investments.
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Special ReportLimelight falls on ETFs as investors seek better returns
Faced with volatile market conditions, the ETF market has become increasingly attractive. Lynn Strongin Dodds reports
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Special ReportThe index revolution: From benchmarking to bespoke solutions
Index providers shift their offering as a wholesale revolution of the industry gathers pace
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Asset Class ReportsWhy investors still back emerging market debt
Despite divided opinion, it is clear that institutional investors have remained committed to EMD even as retail flows turned negative
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging market debt attracts the attention of institutional investors
Poised to benefit from US decline Reforms, prudent policymaking and the end of US exceptionalism have changed the nature of lending to emerging markets
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FeaturesAsset managers face questions over ESG staffing strategies
Is the slowdown in ESG recruitment by global asset managers a symptom of a bigger crisis?
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Asset Class ReportsThe evolution of emerging market private credit: Opportunities and challenges in a maturing asset class
EM private credit is evolving from a peripheral niche into a compelling asset class that should command serious institutional investor attention, reflecting broader structural shifts in global finance, regulatory changes and the persistent hunt for yield that has characterised the post-financial crisis era.
