All Special Report articles – Page 13
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Special Report – Manager selection
With COVID-19 now under control, the business of selecting managers no longer has to deal with severe restrictions on travel and face-to-face interactions. However, the pandemic has taught investors and manager selection advisers some important lessons.
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Manager selection: Asset management operations under scrutiny
The role of outsourced operational due diligence on asset managers is becoming more prominent
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Special Report - Regulation
Europe’s flagship SFDR regime for ESG was never intended to become a fund-labelling framework. So as Susanna Rust also writes in this issue, it is a relief that the EU is now consulting on minimum requirements for Article 8 funds. In this Special Report, we look in some depth at how asset managers have embraced SFDR, taking in the broad reclassification exercise that has taken place to relabel existing funds, and the short-term risks of greenwashing. In the longer term, the hope is for much more standardisation and there are signs that this is already happening.
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Regulation: SFDR put to the test
One year in and the verdict on the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is mixed
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Pensions regulation in Switzerland
Developments in the pensions landscape in Switzerland
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Pensions regulation in the UK
Developments in the pensions landscape in the United Kingdom
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Pensions regulation in The Netherlands
Developments in the pensions landscape in The Netherlands
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MiFID II: A threat to European sustainability?
MiFID II is unintentionally jeopardising the long-term objectives of ESG investors
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CSDR’s settlement penalties kick in
New regulations attempt to clarify and standardise securities settlement procedures
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Special Report – Pan-European Personal Pensions
From March, the European Commission’s vision of a simple, cross-border savings product becomes a reality with the launch of the Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP). EU citizens will for the first time be able to channel savings into a long-term third-pillar product that is cost effective, simple and portable across borders.
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The jury is still out on PEPP: industry views
IPE asked some of the leading voices in the European pension industry to comment on the likelihood of success for the PEPP
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PEPP: Few players on the starting line
In March, the European Union’s Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) framework comes into effect, amid doubts about the take-up by providers
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Case study: Readying PEPP for launch
The EU’s PEPP is like a shuttle aircraft, with the potential to carry individual savers across Europe. But its flight plan is detailed and complex, and admin providers play a key role in preparing PEPP for launch
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Francesco Briganti: All’s well that ends well for PEPP?
Despite the remaining questions, the impact of the PEPP on European pensions could be positive
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Special Report – Sustainability & reporting
Increasing levels of ESG investing require greater transparency across the value chain, not least from companies. Enter the International Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, which will take shape this year and which is currently recruiting 11 inaugural board members.
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ISSB: A new body for sustainability standards
As it comes to life, the new International Sustainability Standards Board faces a complex path towards harmonisation of fragmented frameworks