Markets – Page 8
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NewsGerman actuaries back reform to set stable discount rates on pension liabilities
German Institute of Pension Actuaries believes a discount rate should reflect long-term inflation expectations and real interest rates
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: From fragmentation to integration
Over the past few decades, Europe’s financial system has grown in size and complexity but remains largely bank-centric compared with more market-oriented systems
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Swiss pension funds contemplate low interest rate scenarios
Plus: Swiss vote on second pillar reform; Germany’s own reform; ESMA’s guidance
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NewsSwiss Federal Social Insurance Office reviews AHV financial outlook
The difference between AHV’s income and expenses will be negative from 2026 with the introduction of the 13th month of pension
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NewsAl Gore slams financial institutions for ‘wriggling out’ of their climate promises
Generation Investment Management predicts financial industry ‘is about to face a reckoning’
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: Member preferences, buying into nature investment
Plus: Do existing corporate climate standards do enough to recognise some of the most important actions that companies can take to mitigate climate change?
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NewsBVK, BlackRock, Allianz and others commit €12bn to start-up investments
Germany needs around €30bn annually to finance innovation, says CEO of state-owned investment and development bank KfW
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NewsVon der Leyen moves forward with competitiveness agenda as commissioner candidates revealed
Announcement follows last week’s Mario Draghi’s report which came with 172 policy proposals and recommendations
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NewsSwiss pension funds contemplate low interest rate scenarios
On average, pension funds in Switzerland are in a solid position, says PPCmetrics CEO
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NewsGerman associations draft concept for ESG investments in defence industry
Weapons banned under international law should continue to be completely excluded from investments, according to associations
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AnalysisViewpoint: Opportunities for investing in UK economic growth is aligned with trustee’s fiduciary duty
NEST sees no conflict between a master trust’s fiduciary responsibilities to its members and investment in the companies and infrastructure of the UK
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AnalysisIPE Nordic Briefing: Bold ideas on Danish pensions policy
Plus: ATP interim results; Alecta’s returns and FSA probe on Heimstaden Bostad case
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NewsFinanzwende urges BaFin to be more active on greenwashing
Investors and capital markets usually only react to greenwashing when financial regulators take action, investigate and, if necessary, impose penalties, study finds
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NewsPensions investors nudge FTSE 100 companies to hold climate strategy vote
LAPFF and CCLA wrote to chairs of 76 FTSE 100 companies that have not held a vote on their climate transition plans
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NewsAsset owners urge managers to rethink sustainability to avoid emerging market divestment
By 2050, six of the seven largest economies in the world are projected to be emerging markets and developing economies, says WBA
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NewsDC pensions industry expects rise in number of LTAFs
As schemes grow, they are likely to reach a consensus about how they want to access private markets, says DCIF
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NewsSustainable Finance-Beirat urges schemes to improve ESG, engagement strategies
Chair Silke Stremlau says it makes economic and ecological sense to include risks such as climate change, biodiversity loss and scarcity of resources in active investment strategies
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NewsGerman pension measures for working longer could bring €1.7bn annual burden
Impact of these measures is ‘uncertain and, above all, expensive’, says German employers association
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NewsNEST anticipates investing £20bn in UK market by end of decade
The £40bn master trusts already invests around £8.5bn in UK economy
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NewsEuronext chief calls on Dutch pension funds to invest more in small caps
René van Vlerken calls on pension schemes to divert part of their funding from large caps to small caps to support fundraising for smaller companies.
