All articles by Venilia Amorim
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NewsEIOPA: Pension risk stable, market risks still key concern
Geopolitical tensions are reshaping global dynamics, heightening concerns about declining international cooperation and escalating risks and uncertainties
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NewsBoE launches repo facility to help tackle severe Gilt market dysfunction
The CNRF will lend to participating insurance companies, pension schemes and LDI funds to help maintain financial stability
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NewsUK government proposes tapping into DB surplus for economic growth
UK government is determined to encourage DB pension funds to deliver investment and drive economic growth
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NewsStandard Life adopts flatter leadership, merges departments
CEO Andy Curran announces retirement after 35 years with the company
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NewsJerry Moriarty to leave top posts at PensionsEurope, IAPF
Moriarty has been with IAPF for 17 years and a little under two years with PensionsEurope
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NewsPension fund returns could suffer with climate change impact
Transition risks are expected to be dominant climate risk driver compared to physical risks during 2025–2030 for pension funds worldwide, says Ortec Finance
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NewsEIOPA calls for special rules on insurers’ fossil fuel assets to manage transition risks
EIOPA is proposing a 17% capital surcharge on fossil fuel equity holdings and up to 40% for related corporate bonds
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NewsFirst UK pension fund allocates to bitcoin
Adviser Cartwright says it has ‘opened the door for risk-averse pension schemes to benefit from bitcoin’s potential growth’
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NewsESAs slam Commission’s rejection of DORA’s technical standards
ESMA, EBA and EIOPA have jointly called on the European Commission to reconsider its stance
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NewsUK pension funds set to boost infrastructure investment amid volatility
There’s a growing focus on investing in renewable energy infrastructure, such as solar, wind and hydroelectric power projects
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NewsJupiter Asset Management to buy emerging markets team, assets from Origin
Nick Payne, Jupiter’s lead investment manager for global emerging market equities, to leave firm at the end of the year
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NewsAsset owners urge managers to rethink sustainability to avoid emerging market divestment
By 2050, six of the seven largest economies in the world are projected to be emerging markets and developing economies, says WBA
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NewsDC pensions industry expects rise in number of LTAFs
As schemes grow, they are likely to reach a consensus about how they want to access private markets, says DCIF
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NewsCambridge Associates expands alternative investment services
This will be Cambridge Associates’ first location in Switzerland
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NewsAsset managers split over FCA’s unbundling rules, study shows
Asset management market is split between a core of potential early adopters, a large ‘wait and see’ group and an entrenched group of sceptics
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NewsXPS launches illiquid assets solution
XPS Xchange adopts a three-pillar approach, enabling trustees to search for buyers and sellers across brokers, secondary fund managers and other buyers
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NewsAXA to focus on insurance business, sells asset management arm
The combination of AXA IM and BNP Paribas would create a leading European asset manager with total AUM of €1.5trn
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NewsImpax Asset Management to acquire fixed-income firm SKY Harbor
Following the completion of the acquisition eight SKY Harbor team members including senior executives will join Impax
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NewsResearch budgets rise globally for first time since MiFID II – survey
Last year saw research budgets stabilising and now there is confirmation that the trend has turned, says Substantive Research CEO
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NewsPensions industry awaits review as Labour wins UK election
There are also ‘day one’ challenges for the new government, such as the pensions dashboard programme and planned enhancements to auto-enrolment
