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IPE covers a good variety of very current and relevant topics. It is good to read the high-level, independent and objective perspectives from pension funds in other European countries; many of them are dealing with the same issues as we are, so it is interesting to learn from their experiences, especially when they are ahead of where we are on the curve.
Dutch doctors fund’s concentrated portfolio a ‘risky strategy’
Dec 16, 2024 · The decision for the Dutch pension fund for doctors (Pensioenfonds Huisartsen) to invest in only 70 companies in its equity portfolio is being praised as brave, but is also criticised from within the pension sector because of the high risk of significant deviations from the market.
MSCI axes the terms ‘ESG’ and ‘Impact’ from index names
Oct 9, 2024 · MSCI will remove the terms ‘ESG’ and ‘Impact’ from five of its indices in response to tightening greenwashing regulation. The index giant confirmed to IPE that it will cut the reference to ESG from four index families: ESG Leaders, ESG Screened, ESG Universal and ESG Focus.
IPE Conference: Private debt said to make overall economy more ...
Dec 4, 2024 · Despite regulatory concerns about the growth of the private debt market, investment specialists told the IPE Conference & Awards 2024 event this week that such lending makes an overall economy more resilient, and said private debt funds are less risky for the system than bank lending.
Danica moves closer to parent Danske Bank with new commercial …
Jan 8, 2025 · In 2024, Danske Bank moved out of the Holmens Kanal headquarters in Copenhagen that it has occupied for 149 years to the new Postbyen development Danica has been developing over the last few years out of the old Danish postal services site, and was joined by Danica, which moved from its long-term headquarters in the North Copenhagen suburb of Kongens Lyngby.
Intesa Sanpaolo, Cariplo pension funds merge to create €12bn …
Oct 4, 2024 · Italy’s largest bank Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo is merging its defined contribution (DC) and defined benefit (DB) schemes with Fondo Pensioni Cariplo, the pension fund for the employees of Cariplo bank, to create Fondo pensione unico del gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo, one pension fund with approximately €12bn in total assets, the bankers’ union FABI (Federazione Autonoma dei Bancari Italiani) said ...
Institutional investors back EU deforestation regulation
Nov 13, 2024 · The Investor Policy Dialogue on Deforestation (IPDD), an initiative led by institutional investors seeking to collectively engage with governments to take action to curb deforestation, is supporting the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).
Smart Pension anticipates reaching £10bn in assets within three …
Mar 4, 2024 · Pamela is IPE's UK correspondent. Before joining IPE in May 2023, she spent five years writing about the insurance industry. During her career so far she won awards for Most Promising Newcomer in 2020 and Best Investigative Article in 2022 from the British Insurance Brokers Association, and was also highly commended at the WTW Media Awards for Insurance Features Journalist of The Year.
Swiss BVK issues €700m infrastructure mandates | News | IPE
Dec 23, 2024 · BVK, the CHF40.2bn (€43.2bn) Swiss pension fund for the employees of the canton of Zurich, has issued two tender notices via IPE Quest looking to appoint asset managers for global infrastructure.. The first (search QN-2928) is for €350m investing in global infrastructure via a multi-manager arrangement, while the second (search QN-2929) is also for €350m investing in the same asset class ...