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Rachel Reeves, UK Chancellor

UK industry ‘encouraged’ chancellor did not target workplace pensions in Autumn Budget

2024-10-30T15:40:00+00:00By

Labour party has delivered its first budget since coming into power in July

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Dutch Pension Federation hits out on carbon reporting proposals

2024-10-30T15:32:00+00:00By

The Dutch pension supervisor DNB is to compel pension funds to report annually on CO2 reduction.

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NEST considers freezing new investment into firms missing climate targets

2024-10-30T14:46:00+00:00By

NEST responsible investment lead says possible sanction a result of companies ‘not listening to them’

Germany Parliament

​German government pushes back on further review of CSRD

2024-10-30T14:17:00+00:00By

Rules put forward by the cabinet have unsettled the company pension industry in Germany

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German church scheme KZVK appoints new CIO

2024-10-30T11:54:00+00:00By

Christoph Metz will replace Stefan Heidelfrom from January next year

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UK trustee firm IGG attracts new private equity investor

2024-10-30T09:57:00+00:00By

ECI Partners has invested in Independent Governance Group

IPE Magazine October 2024

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Browse the digital edition and find highlights from this month's issue below

Digital edition of IPE magazine

October Highlights

  • Letter from Australia

    Australian regulators take a deep dive into growing private markets sector

    October 2024 (Magazine)By

    The recent brisk battle to buy an Australian data centre platform, AirTrunk, pushed the price to more than A$24bn (€14.5bn) – double what was anticipated just a few months ago.

  • KAREL LANNOO

    Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is an opportunity, not a threat

    October 2024 (Magazine)By

    The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is often mentioned as one of the examples of the European Commission’s excessive zeal when working to implement the Green Deal. It is singled out as an example of overregulation that negatively impacts the competitiveness of European corporations, creates barriers to accessing the EU market and is costly to implement. 

  • Tim Leary

    US high yield bonds punch out of a corner

    October 2024 (Magazine)By

    US high yield has come a long way from its murky beginnings with the very high yielding bonds of so called ‘fallen angels’, and Drexel Burnham Lambert’s Michael Milken offering bonds newly issued by corporates with sub-investment grade ratings for the first time in the 1980s, properly introducing the world to high yield bond investing.

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