The Darwin of the pensions world Anton van Nunen is much more than a highly respected pensions specialist: he is a trendsetter whose innovative fiduciary management model is revolutionising the way pension schemes view their investments and structural organisation. His concept has played a significant part in ...

The road to the grand finale of the first IPE-Awards has been travelled and come to a successful outcome. The intention has always been to provide a suitable forum to acknowledge the achievements of those running Europe’s pension funds.

6 days ago · Key changes to pensions in Norway of late have been tweaks to supplementary provisions and reserves that should allow greater risk-bearing capacity, and the migration of the AFP second-pillar scheme from an early retirement system to a …

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Jan 9, 2025 · PensionDanmark reported all its asset classes produced positive returns last year, topped by a 17% gain for listed shares, with the result coming at a point when the Danish pension fund is set to increase its equity allocation as part of a broader corporate strategy change.

Jan 8, 2025 · Swiss pension funds saw returns of 8.7% in 2024, with funding ratios giving a better gauge of the schemes’ financial situation that increased on average, year-on-year, by 6 percentage points to 115.5%, according to consultancy PPCmetrics.

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.

Jan 10, 2025 · German insurers Gothaer and Barmenia have joined forces to create BarmeniaGothaer Asset Management, combining assets worth around €50bn in total, the duo announced yesterday. Gothaer Asset Management has effectively changed its name to BarmeniaGothaer Asset Management, and the new name was added ...

Jan 9, 2025 · The world’s largest asset manager has said it will not use its stewardship and voting power to achieve specific real-economy decarbonisation goals. In its latest investment stewardship note, BlackRock insisted its team “cannot – and does not try to – direct a company’s strategy or its ...

Jul 1, 2024 · Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), the UK’s largest Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with total assets worth around £30bn, is customising its stewarship strategy by adopting pass-through voting, a significant step towards enhancing its responsible investment strategy.