All IPE articles in January 2025 (online) – Page 5
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NewsConcerns Danish pensions wealth leads to early retirement overblown, says IPD
New figures show proportion of people funding own early retirement remained stable over past two years, according to pensions lobby group
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NewsPGGM disbands advisory council amid row over new investment policy
The pension asset manager also tried to fire its chief economist for criticising the firm’s switch to ‘3D-investing’
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NewsCompass Group Pension Plan completes £1.5bn buy-in with Standard Life
The transaction secures the benefits of over 14,000 pensioner members and 11,000 deferred members
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NewsPreviAmbiente swaps Credit Suisse with UnipolSai in bid to cut costs
The new manager will run the scheme’s ‘Garantito’ sub-fund, worth around €350m, which invests 96% in bonds and 4% in equities
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NewsSouth Yorkshire Pensions Authority appoints Northern Trust as custodian
The appointment marks ‘significant step’ in enhancing the security of SYPA’s £11bn investment assets
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NewsPeople moves: Abdallah Nauphal to leave Insight after 20 years
Plus: Pensionskasse Rheinmetall appoints new CEO; Natixis adds to sales team in Germany
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NewsNBIM proposes cutting smaller EM stocks from SWF’s benchmark
Proposed change would excise thousands of Chinese stocks from GPFG’s €1.7trn portfolio
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NewsDanica moves closer to parent Danske Bank with new commercial strategy
CEO Kaagaard says it is ‘completely natural’ to change name to the single word ‘Danica’
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NewsSwiss pension funds see boost in returns, funding ratios in 2024
Consultancy PPCmetrics says schemes saw returns of 8.7% in 2024, while funding ratios reached a 115.5% level
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NewsCyber resiliency should be top priority for investors
Railpen and Royal London Asset Management have published new guidance for investors on cybersecurity resiliency
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NewsCSU’s plan to expand mothers’ pensions splits conservatives
According to first pillar manager Deutsche Rentenversicherung, the new Mütterrente would cost around €4.45bn per year
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NewsAsset owners challenge Shell’s LNG plans in new shareholder resolution
Brunel Pension Partnership, Greater Manchester Pension Fund and Merseyside Pension Fund are asking Shell to justify its LNG strategy
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NewsClarks Footwear Pension Fund completes second buy-in with PIC
PIC has now insured all £820m of the fund’s defined benefit liabilities
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NewsFaire Vorsorge suggests second pillar reform to end ‘discrimination’ of low earners
The Swiss think tank’s proposal is a more radical reform compared to the ‘light touch’ one proposed by association IZV and consultancy c-alm
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AnalysisDutch DC frontrunners reform their interest rate hedges
In DC, pension funds will only hedge interest rate risk for older participants
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NewsGermany’s AfD backs DC plans as party policies raise deindustrialisation fears
Supporting small companies remains ‘a central political matter’ to amplify the breadth of company pension schemes, the party claims
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NewsSwiss think tank proposes CHF300bn SWF to fund first-pillar pensions
The Swiss National Bank would provide CHF300bn foreign currency assets as a loan to kick-start the sovereign wealth fund, with 1% interest
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NewsLCP predicts new DB superfund and insurer PRT entrant in 2025
Consultancy expects 2025 to be another bumper year with £40-50bn of buy-ins
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AnalysisSustainable finance is braced for its toughest year yet
‘If ever we needed asset owners to be the drivers of responsible investment, it’s in 2025,’ says ShareAction’s Simon Rawson
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NewsGermany’s innovation agency calls for pension funds’ backing of tech start-ups
SPRIN-D had €220m available last year, far from enough to turn technological innovation into profitable companies
