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Latest news and analysis of pensions, asset management, regulation and trends in China from IPE's award-winning journalists.
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NewsDanish doctors’ pension fund divests China as trade tensions bite
Lægernes Pension sells off €200m of Chinese investments, mainly listed shares
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FeaturesCan emerging market equities offset US headwinds with domestic growth?
Emerging market (EM) equities have been an unloved asset class over the past few years. China’s economic woes, a stronger US dollar and the country’s prolonged tech bull run cast a long shadow. However, there are some bright spots in 2025, despite US president Donald Trump’s tariffs.
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Markets rocked by Trump’s sweeping tariffs plan
The world’s economy enters a new phase as the US administration escalates towards a global trade war, raising the prospect of a US recession and crashing global financial markets
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FeaturesCentral banks and cryptocurrency reserve: set for a breakthrough?
After courting the crypto community during his presidential campaign, Donald Trump issued an executive order in early March to create a US strategic bitcoin reserve, as well as a national digital assets stockpile of tokens other than bitcoin.
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Asset Class ReportsIs it time for private credit to step up on investing in artificial intelligence?
Besides digital and power infrastructure, investors are beginning to shift their focus to other areas of the burgeoning AI market
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Trump’s tariff announcements weigh on sentiment
As tariff announcements garner huge amounts of media attention, financial market reactions have been muted. Participants are trying to beat off tariff fatigue and assess the best path through all the smoke and mirrors.
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AnalysisDo artificial intelligence agents herald a brave new era in investments?
The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. While chatbots dominated the early phases of consumer AI applications, we are now witnessing a jump in AI evolution through the creation of AI agents.
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FeaturesCross-border investment barriers: issues for institutional investors
Protectionist trade policies are back in vogue, fuelled by the rise of China’s economy and, more recently, by the escalation of geopolitical tensions.
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AnalysisAsian emerging markets on the rise
Investors are taking note of investment opportunities in Asia in a variety of different ways, as new research shows
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Uncertainty reigns as Trump 2.0 takes office
Now that Donald Trump has been installed as US president, there should be more clarity around some of the timings of his probable new policies.
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NewsPFA warns of higher economic risks around China
Danish pensions giant says Trump’s election, and resulting asset manager exodus from climate cooperations, is clear signal that world is changing fast
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NewsNBIM proposes cutting smaller EM stocks from SWF’s benchmark
Proposed change would excise thousands of Chinese stocks from GPFG’s €1.7trn portfolio
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NewsAllianzGI buys 2% stake in China’s Guomin Pension
The market size of China’s third-pillar personal pensions system is projected to grow to RMB4trn under existing regulatory landscape by 2030
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NewsSampension divests China’s Temu on consumer protection concerns
Danish pension fund blacklists company behind online marketplace, citing EU probe into possible rule-breaking
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Asset Class ReportsEquities: US equity markets expected to gain from Trump’s victory
As the political dust settles following Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential elections, global equity funds are eagerly eyeing the incoming administration and the opportunities it may offer
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: All eyes on Trump’s return
With the Republican Party now in control of both Senate and House, the leeway that President-elect Donald Trump will have to enact his pre-election policies could be considerable.
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AnalysisEurope must prepare for a China after Xi Jinping
Whatever the big issues of the 21st century, whether climate change, the environment, restoring economies post-COVID, fighting poverty or ending the war in Ukraine, they are much easier to resolve if countries work together.
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FeaturesMarket looks to Xi Jinping for a plan to boost China’s economy
When the Chinese government announced a package of measures designed to revitalise the domestic economy in late September, the country’s stock markets responded positively, and many breathed a sigh of relief.
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AnalysisThe Red Emperor: Xi Jinping and his new China
Visiting China in the late 1990s and early 2000s was an exhilarating experience for any business traveller. There was a sense that the country was opening and moving forward
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: All eyes are on US elections
With so many important elections taking place this year, politics were likely to have an outsized influence on financial markets.
