All IPE articles in September 2024 (online) – Page 3
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News
Only 11% of asset owners see ESG regulation as hindrance to sustainability
Investors happiest with jurisdictions that take a double materiality approach, according to FTSE survey
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Swedish pensions industry calls for more from 2025 budget
Clear rules of the game are crucial for sustainable investments, says Insurance Sweden
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PensionDanmark invests in quantum computing startup Atom
Labour-market pension fund backs Atom Computing with DKK70m after California-based tech firm pledges to set up European HQ in Denmark
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Second pillar reform falls short of expectations, says aba
Aba calls for improvements in the bill relating to severance payments and for a reduction in bureaucracy
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Mandate roundup: Compenswiss tenders direct lending mandates
Plus: APK issues $300m EM debt brief; Italian journalists scheme award €100m corporate bond mandate
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German 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 Pieces
Viewpoint: 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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Foreign investment by sovereign wealth funds ‘critical’ to driving UK economic growth
City of London Corporation estimates that up to £7.7bn could be unlocked in additional capital from sovereign investors
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ATP’s Northvolt exposure highlights problem of illiquids in geared portfolio
Copenhagen professor argues the challenge of a single-company illiquid investment becoming too dominant is much larger in highly-leveraged portfolio, like ATP’s
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Carmignac launches private markets strategy
Carmignac Private Evergreen marks the firm’s entry into managing private assets
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Swiss 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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Al 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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Schroders Capital UK venture capital LTAF gets green light to launch
The fund will be seeded with cornerstone investment of £300m from Phoenix and the British Business Bank
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People moves: Railpen adds two directors to board
Plus: PPF appoints non-exec directors; AXA IM hires new head of global equity
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Analysis
IPE 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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BVK, 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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Aegon UK awards £720m multi-asset credit mandate to asset management arm
The mandate is run as part of the £12bn Aegon Universal Balanced Collection fund, with over 700,000 members
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TPT Investment Management launches £650m private credit fund
This is the third in the series of seven planned fund launches
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Merseyside Pension Fund in £200m buy-in with Aviva
The transaction secures the benefits of 2,500 scheme members
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Von 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