All Western Europe articles – Page 5
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NewsSwiss pension funds suffer returns setback in Q3
Infrastructure investments worst performing asset class so far this year at -5.8%
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NewsThe Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The index report also examined the potential of artificial intelligence to improve pension and social security systems
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NewsDutch pension experts identify important pitfalls for pension fund trustees
Dutch pension trustee Alfred Slager and consultant Martijn Vos reveal them in their new book ‘Decision making for pension fund boards’
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NewsInstitutional investors shift to bonds, change stance on alternatives
Germany’s first pillar pension reform will affect the fund industry, says Universal Investment’s chief customer officer Katja Müller
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NewsBlackRock launches trustee education platform
Starting in November, the Academy will offer a series of virtual and in person events encouraging conversation, questions and debate
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NewsFrance’s ERAFP chooses credit managers for €8bn in new mandates
Amundi, Ostrum and HSBC bag active mandates
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NewsOliver Morley leaves chief executive role at PPF
Morley will take up the role of CEO at Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)
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NewsUK sees record £21.2bn transferred to insurers in first half of 2023
LCP research shows number of UK private sector DB schemes fully-funded on buyout has increased to 20%
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NewsLGPS Central reaffirms net zero commitments with strategy launch
The strategy outlines the rationale for its belief in creating a ‘realistic pathway for achieving net zero’
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NewsSmart Pension discloses 75% emissions reduction target by 2030
The scheme is now two years ahead of its target
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NewsAustrian VBV increases fixed income exposure
The group’s Pensionskasse and Vorsorgekasse will also expand private markets investments
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NewsDutch pension funds in the dark on ESG risks, says DNB
The lack of ESG risk management contrast with three quarters of pension funds that now have named a specific person in the board to be responsible for ESG
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NewsIrish Pensions Authority publishes own-risk assessment guidance
Trustees are required to complete a full own-risk assessment every three years.
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NewsPension schemes encouraged to run on to avoid potential value loss
Van Lanschot Kempen launched a solution for schemes approaching their endgame to encourage longer term thinking for the benefit of members, trustees and sponsors
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NewsLondon Stock Exchange Pension Scheme in £335m buy-in with Standard Life
The transaction secures benefits of the scheme’s 1,740 members
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NewsCFA launches DEI code to accelerate change in investment organisations
The code calls on firms to commit to six metric-based principles that will lead to greater inclusion of wider viewpoints from the best talent
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NewsIndependent Governance Group’s team grows by 27%
The team works with more than 450 pension schemes with combined assets under management of £315bn
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NewsTfL pension fund on track to reduce carbon emissions by 2030
TfL pension fund committed to achieve a 55% reduction in its carbon emissions by 2030
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NewsPension SuperFund Capital acquires STM group for £35.6m
Edi Truell believes ‘our track record and stewardship will enable us to provide increased security and value-for-money benefits to members, while also helping to deliver the upside that the Mansion House reforms intend’
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NewsElevated mortality rates accelerate DB scheme shift towards de-risking
Mortality analysis from the start of the coronavirus pandemic until the end of 2022 showed that England and Wales had an excess mortality rate of 26% at the end of 2022
