- Will TPA live up to its promise?
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Top stories
TPR backs innovative DB endgame options as scheme surpluses grow
Improving UK defined benefit funding positions prompts regulator to support broader endgame strategies beyond traditional buyouts
Italian schemes diversify US equity allocations as market uncertainty persists
Managing concentration risk and capturing opportunities are reshaping Italian pension funds’ US equity strategies
Finance Transition Centre urges investors to disclose climate policy dependencies
Steve Waygood calls on pension funds to treat climate policy as fiduciary issue
In focus this week
Interviews
Swedish pension company SEB Gamla Liv rethinks investment strategy
Stockholm-based pension company SEB Gamla Liv is contemplating solutions to maintain its trademark strategy of a large allocation to illiquid assets. CEO Erik Kleväng Callert talks to Caroline Liinanki
Swiss pension funds access repo transactions amid liquidity concerns
Regulatory change opens repo market to Swiss pension funds facing liquidity demands
FRR picks managers for €500m in PE fund-of-fund mandates
French reserve fund announces winners of 2025 tender
Sweden approves mechanism to distribute income pension surpluses
The legislation, to enter into force on 1 August 2026, allows excess income pension surpluses to be distributed from 2027
Enable, don’t mandate: lessons for Europe’s pension reform
Jorik van Zanden, strategy consultant at AF Advisors in the Netherlands, issues a warning to the European Parliament on the back of its initial proposals for IORP II, the EU pension fund legislation
System-level investing ideas from a European investor tour
Long-time institutional investor Jon Lukomnik sets out five crowd-sourced ideas for more tools for asset owners to deal with systemic risk
Nuclear fission – from pariah to panacea?
When I left university four decades ago with a doctorate in physics, joining the UK’s nuclear power industry was a viable and potentially attractive option. I did not join the industry, however, which is just as well – since nuclear power has spent the better part of three decades in ...
People moves: UK’s pensions regulator adds to board
Plus: Nomura appoints UK head of institutional; Invest Europe reshuffles board of directors
PPF, USS picked to join UK government’s senior-level financial markets forum
The Market Engagement Group is due to meet twice a year, with a maximum of 10 members at each meeting
AP2 warns of stalling progress on gender-balanced boards in Sweden
Buffer fund CEO says growing gender balance on executive boards shows competence exists, but not yet fully reflected in boardrooms
IPE DACH Briefing: German unions push mandatory workplace pensions
The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) supports compulsory workplace pensions, co-financed by employers
Auto-enrolment gains traction in Germany amid persistent pension coverage gaps
Stakeholders debate auto-enrolment and mandatory pensions as German workplace pension participation remains stagnant
Nordic pension funds embrace AI for efficiency and insight
Major Nordic pension funds are rapidly adopting artificial intelligence to achieve cost savings, improve performance and gain insights, though concerns remain about data privacy and ethics
Pressure builds for compulsory German company pensions as DGB signals support
German trade unions back mandatory occupational pensions, intensifying debate over design, costs and employer burden
IPE Nordic Briefing: Nordic pension funds on Arctic protection
Nordic pension funds – Danish ones in particular – made their voices heard on Arctic protection following EU Commission’s position on oil and gas
VER’s Suhonen: ‘Markets have a way of looking past conflict and recovering’
Antti Suhonen has taken the helm at Finland’s €25.7bn state pension buffer fund after three decades in London’s financial markets
Invest Europe backs measures to boost pension fund allocations to venture capital
Elias Korosis, Invest Europe chair, says regulatory reform is needed to increase pension fund venture capital allocations
Canada's La Caisse on the need for pension funds to defend ESG
Pension funds are challenging the accusation that sustainable investing compromises fiduciary duty and fails to have an impact on the real economy and fight climate change
UK pension funds PPF and USS on LDI and fixed income risk management
The PPF takes a dynamic approach in its LDI portfolio, while USS’ head of fixed income outlines the scheme’s globally diversified rates hedge
Ann Prendergast, State Street IM: “Policymakers today see us in a different light”
Ann Prendergast, head of EMEA at State Street Investment Management, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about resilience in the financial industry and unlocking investment into productive capital
IPE Magazine May/June 2026
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May/June Highlights
European pension funds focus investment domestically as fears grow over the US
Doubts over the direction of the Trump administration are rising due to the war against Iran
Breaching planetary boundaries should be a major concern for long-term investors
Attending the Change Now conference in Paris, I was assaulted by an overflowing cornucopia of ideas, activists, academics and entertainers.
European small-cap equities: Time for the tail to wag the dog?
Europe’s small-caps have shown attractive valuations. Now smaller firms in sectors like tech, defence and energy infrastructure look set to shine
VER’s Suhonen: ‘Markets have a way of looking past conflict and recovering’
Antti Suhonen has taken the helm at Finland’s €25.7bn state pension buffer fund after three decades in London’s financial markets
Canada's La Caisse on the need for pension funds to defend ESG
Pension funds are challenging the accusation that sustainable investing compromises fiduciary duty and fails to have an impact on the real economy and fight climate change
IPE Expectations Indicator – June 2026: Politics are trumping growth prospects
The US war in Iran is suffering from unexpected consequences. Oil companies look like short-term winners, long term losers and they are vulnerable to windfall profit taxes. US enterprises, not subject to pressure to limit CO2 are more vulnerable, but internationals around the globe profit from being better prepared.
Asia Pacific private equity comes of age as mega-deals reshape the market
The growing number of multi-billion-dollar transactions reflects the maturation of Asia Pacific private equity
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