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KGAL and Lafarge sign 15-year power purchase agreements for two wind farms in Poland
KGAL Investment Management has signed long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Lafarge Cement Polska for the Krasin and Rywald onshore wind farms, which belong to the KGAL ESPF 4 renewable energy fund.
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Lafarge pension fund appoints Towers Watson as fiduciary manager
UK – Pension fund's adviser KPMG to fulfil ongoing monitoring role.
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Switzerland: Workplace pension reform faces referendum test
The country is introducing regulations on greenwashing and fund investments, while debating how to fund the first and second-pillar pension systems
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Smart phones: the key to African opportunity
Demographics are often the least appreciated of the long-term trends that investors consider, despite being perhaps the most important.
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Top 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Pensions back at a sweet spot
Assets for the leading 1000 European pension funds grew by 8.7% year-on-year, reversing last year’s loss of 6.8%. This brings total assets back up to above their previous high water mark of €9.7trn in 2022’s research exercise. This year’s overall net gain in assets of €775bn is the largest since 2021’s increase of €810bn.
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Towers Watson's Mansi promoted to CIO of delegated investment business
Consultancy also announces promotion of investment division’s former global head of research
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People moves: London CIV hires ‘high-calibre’ non-exec trio
London CIV, Hamilton Lane, Alpha, zeb, Lyxor, GAM, ATP Real Estate, AP7, 7IM, IR+M, Loomis Sayles, Aberdeen Standard Investments
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UK: Funding challenges amid continued market uncertainty
The UK’s pension regulator emphasises the need for schemes to focus on long-term planning, transparency and risk management
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X marks the spot
The hinterland between investment grade and high yield delivers an intriguing risk profile. But Martin Steward also finds that profile changing
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Wednesday people roundup
Coats, Unigestion, Insight Investment, M&G Investments, RBC Global Asset Management, Tikehau Capital
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Credit: X marks the spot
The hinterland between investment grade and high yield delivers an intriguing risk profile. But Martin Steward also finds that it has been changing rapidly
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Wednesday people roundup
Northern Trust Global Investments, State Street Global Advisors, Prisma Capital Partners, European Association for Investors in Non-listed Real Estate Vehicles, Sacker & Partners, Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management, Heartwood Wealth Management, City Asset Management
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Going down to the crossover
The hinterland between investment grade and high yield delivers an intriguing risk profile. But Martin Steward also finds that profile changing
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Crossover credit: Filling the gap
Joseph Mariathasan sees opportunities in crossover credit
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UK: Consolidation remains controversial
Guidance on the long-awaited legislation setting out a regulatory framework for superfunds is finally released
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Private Equity: ‘If you can’t meet demand, you’re finished’
Martin Steward meets Silk Invest, feeding Africa one investment at a time
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Special Report, The M&A Cycle: Feeding frenzy
While European valuations have dipped recently thanks to growth fears, cash and equity-rich trade buyers are still competing for assets against the private equity titans like never before, finds Lynn Strongin-Dodds
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Investment Grade Credit: The last bastion of value
Sluggish growth and subdued corporate confidence persuade sterling and euro credit managers that their asset class remains ‘the best house in a bad neighbourhood’, finds Martin Steward
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FTSE and ISS add corporate governance ratings
GLOBAL – FTSE Group and Institutional Shareholder Services have added corporate governance ratings to their new FTSE ISS Corporate Governance Index.
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Edmond de Rothschild: Seizing opportunities on Europe’s convertible bond market
What is driving the European convertible market?