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UK launches ‘game changing’ Pension Schemes Bill
DWP says new bill will create a more ‘efficient, resilient pension landscape’, and lay the foundation for the upcoming Pensions Review
Italian fund overhauls strategy, awards €1.6bn in mandates
Latest round of manager appointments follows a broader decision by BCC CRA to diversify portfolios via new ‘specialist and balanced world mandates’
Finnish FSA rapped for overreach in draft pensions reform rules
Pensions lobby group TELA adds plea for disability risk management to be defined in law
PensionsEurope and EFAMA warn against slashing sustainability rules
Omnibus process should be fully wrapped up before the Commission continues with its work on redesigning SFDR
Pensions regulator calls on trustees to consider new options for endgame planning
TPR says it is ‘critical’ that trustees take advice and undertake an appropriate level of due diligence
PKG Pensionskasse appoints CIO to drive private markets expansion
The fund will look to increase its allocations to illiquid asset classes, including infrastructure, private equity and real estate
Reforms to boost UK growth will take several years to show results, says PPI
Institute says that if government policy reforms have their desired effect, data should start to reveal higher allocations to private markets and to UK assets
Heavyweight blended finance initiative to launch service provider
The public-private Hamburg Sustainability Platform, rebranded as SCALED, is backed by Allianz, AXA, CDPQ and Zurich Insurance Group
Swedish agency reveals specs for this autumn’s €11bn tech funds procurement
FTN says it will invite tenders for global active technology equity funds in late September, early October at the earliest
Norway defends legality of SWF’s Palestine-linked investments
UN rapporteur says 6.9% of GFPG invested in firms backing ‘egregious violations of international law’ in occupied Palestine
PME picks Candriam to manage European equity portfolio
Candriam will manage a concentrated equity portfolio initially worth €1.5bn, which is half of the €57bn fund’s existing allocation to European equities
PKG Pensionskasse appoints CIO to drive private markets expansion
The fund will look to increase its allocations to illiquid asset classes, including infrastructure, private equity and real estate
People moves: NEST creates chief technology, operating officer role
NEST, M&G Investments, ASIP, Fondaereo, Fondo Pensione Byblos, La Française, Axyon AI, Alter Domus, Stafford
Danish fraud squad drops charges against former Velliv CEO
Case around Steen Michael Erichsen closed, say police, two years after firing following breach of pensions firm’s internal rules
Viewpoint: How should institutional investors insulate from poor private equity performance?
2024 was by many measures another poor year for private equity. Against the backdrop of flat industry assets under management and falling capital raised, annual exits have now fallen to 50% of the levels seen in 2022. Cash distributions, aided by a range of financial engineering techniques rather than true ...
Viewpoint: Beyond the ESG backlash – what next for European asset owners?
European asset owners should seize the US retreat from ESG as a moment to evaluate and recalibrate their manager mandates, argues Colin Melvin
Viewpoint: Why Europe must adapt to the new geography of capital
In its attempt to attract investments from within and from beyond its borders, the EU cannot retreat to ‘defensive regionalism’
Nordic pension funds hold off on dialling down strategic US exposure
Danish pension funds favoured European equities in Q1, central bank data shows
IPE DACH Briefing: Pension funds retreat from the US while looking at Asia
Corporate pension funds are lowering their exposures to equities, the dollar and US Treasuries, and hesitating to commit new capital to private markets in the US
DACH pension funds adapt to US trade policies
US trade and tariff policies are prompting corporate pension funds in Germany and wider DACH region to review strategic asset allocation assumptions
ISSB grapples with biodiversity data deficit, human capital insights
The nature and impact of human capital risks and opportunities vary significantly by industry and regional circumstances
Systematica Investments CEO Leda Braga on the hedge fund's strategy
‘Ten years ago, we were the nerds, the geeks, and nobody was interested’
PenSam CIO Claus Jørgensen on the fund's focus on low-risk, high-quality pensions
Claus Jørgensen, CIO at PenSam, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the Danish pension fund’s efforts to maximise pension payouts
TPT’s quest to support UK DB pension schemes
Peter Smith, investment director at TPT, the consolidator of UK DB pension schemes, talks to Pamela Kokoszka about the latest developments in investment management at the organisation
Claudia Wegner-Wahnschaffe: Public sector pension funds are a force for good
We have to protect our common European values, says EAPSPI chair
IPE Magazine May/June 2025
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May/June Highlights
Get dirt rich to save the earth: Soil as an asset class
Nature can provide almost 40% of greenhouse gas reductions needed by 2030, according to research published in 2017 by the Nature Conservancy.
The scarce commodity of active management skill
Active management skill remains elusive but it can be identified by means of effective analytics, with common attributes such as trading skill and concentrated portfolios
European pension funds review global weightings in face of US turmoil
As global markets react to the threat of US tariffs, many European pension funds are looking to rebalance their portfolios and reset their investment policies
Italy’s Enasarco in talks to offer asset management services to third parties
The €9.3bn first-pillar pension fund for sales representatives seeks to expand the role of its own asset management company, Miria Asset Management
UK court cases spell trouble for passive shareholders
In the Allianz vs Barclays case, passive investors have been denied damages related to investments in companies releasing misleading information
The scarce commodity of active management skill
Active management skill remains elusive but it can be identified by means of effective analytics, with common attributes such as trading skill and concentrated portfolios
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator - June 2025
At last, we have some clarity about the nature of ‘Trump risk’ – it is about uncertainty and growth. Markets are signalling that the US president’s on-again-off-again policies are a threat to growth and stoking inflation even if his threats are not implemented.
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