Latest from IPE Magazine – Page 120
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Country Report
NEST: More than a pension
NEST’s Insight unit is looking at how to improve pensions outcomes for the less fortunate
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Special Report
US-China trade war: A trembling world
The trade conflict between the two largest economies is reverberating across the world
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Special Report
A green game changer
New EU green finance requirements will increase demand for better and more comparable ESG data
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Special Report
Belgium: Rolling out IORP II
Belgium is proud of its transposition of the EU’s new pension fund directive
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Country Report
Funding: Striking the right balance
Companies need to find the right balance between making pension deficit contributions and paying dividends to shareholders
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Special Report
CPPIB’s Asian quest
The largest Canadian pension fund already has a long track-record in the Asia-Pacific region but plans to grow its presence in the region
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Special Report
Denmark: New developments
The past year has brought changes affecting pensions and the investment sector, along with a new government
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Special Report
Capital markets: All roads lead to China
There are numerous channels through which the Chinese capital markets are opening up to foreign investors
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Special Report
Finland: Two to become one
The government is planning to unify the municipal and private-sector pension systems
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Special Report
France: Act I of the pensions big bang?
The government’s PACTE law could transform the pensions landscape
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Special Report
Germany: Tinkering at the edges
As yet no social partners have adopted the latest pension model in an already highly complex system
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Features
Pension promises: Hybrid plan accounting
Staff at the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are sketching out an approach to tackle so-called hybrid pension plan accounting
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Opinion Pieces
Greenwish: wishful thinking in the ESG world
Every so often I come across a paper which I think is a ‘must read’ and Duncan Austin’s ‘Greenwish: the wishful thinking undermining the ambition of sustainable business’* is one.
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from Canada: Considering controversy
Pension funds have essentially one goal – invest and grow the fund for members. But what if money-making investments run afoul of environmental, social and governance practices?
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Features
Global conflict: Another side of the triangle
So much attention is focused on the trade conflict between the US and China that it is all too easy to miss the bigger picture
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Features
Passive investment: Dawn of a new banner theme
This follow-up article on the rise of index investing highlights how pension plans are seeking to promote stewardship among their index managers
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Opinion Pieces
Guest viewpoint: Tracy Blackwell, Pension Insurance Corporation
The financial services industry is one of the least trusted in the UK. The Purpose of Finance project aims to address issues of trust and reform
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Interviews
On the Record: Emerging markets
We asked two pension funds whether the distinction between emerging and developed markets still makes sense
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Features
Cross-border pensions: Barriers to entry
The experience of Bosch shows that a better framework is required for cross-border pensions
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Interviews
How we run our money: PGB
Harold Clijsen CIO of Dutch multi-sector Pensioenfonds PGB, speaks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about asset allocation, sustainable investment and member communications