IPE's France Coverage – Page 4
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Country ReportCountry Report – Pensions in France (October 2021)
President Macron’s pension reforms were pretty much shredded by the pandemic. Asset managers and policymakers had been hoping that a successful reform programme would channel savings into supplementary pension vehicles like the FRPS. Instead, progress has been very slow indeed. We also profile the public sector scheme Ircantec and highlight Indefi’s latest research on the French institutional market.
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Country ReportFRPS: Awaiting lift off
France’s new form of supplementary pension fund is only gaining traction slowly
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Country ReportIrcantec: High ESG ambitions
Ircantec’s latest four-year plan has a strong emphasis on social responsibility
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Country ReportResearch: The French experience
Outsourcing to third-party managers and the push towards defined contribution pensions were key themes in a year made difficult by the COVID-19 pandemic
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News
ERAFP tackles discount rate for best use of investment freedoms
French pension fund is gradually adding more equities and alternatives
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Special ReportFrance: PER rises as state reform remains uncertain
President Emmanuel Macron conditions pension reform relaunch on COVID recovery
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News
Interview: Mats Andersson, ex-AP4 CEO, recipient of the Légion d’Honneur
Former chief of AP4 receives French award for his part in pioneering decarbonisation for pension funds
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News
Ircantec adds ESG, climate performance fee links for new mandates
French investor requires comprehensive reporting and delivery against quantitative targets
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Macron seen postponing French pension reform for potential new term
In address to the nation, French president spoke about initiating the reform, coronavirus situation permitting
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French pharmacists fund extends member lending initiative
‘InterPharmaciens’ funds aim to provide financial assistance to pharmacists wanting to set up shop on their own
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Features
Briefing: France decrees biodiversity reporting
France, having pioneered mandatory climate-risk reporting by investment firms, again breaks new ground by requiring biodiversity reporting in the same sector.
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News
Mandate roundup: ERAFP adds mid-caps to US equity strand
Plus: AP7 reappoints ISS, seeks help with upcoming treasury process review
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NewsFRR’s Rousseau calls out excessive expectations of finance over climate
Executive director calls for public authorities to act to ‘reward and validate steps taken by decent investors’
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InterviewsOn the record: Value makes a comeback
IPE asked two European institutional investors what biases are built in their equity portfolios, as value equities show signs of new-found strength
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NewsFRR reports 1% performance for 2020 as withdrawals weigh
French reserve fund says performance was affected by ‘prudent bias’ given exceptional withdrawals
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French groups agree ‘demanding’ definition for impact investing
FIR and France Invest publish report about conclusions reached by working group of investment professionals
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NewsFRR seeks new equity indices for Paris-alignment mandates
Further fossil fuel reduction and overweighting of solution-bringers on the cards
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ERAFP retenders €475m in domestic equity mandates
French civil servant pension fund is renewing the mandates
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NewsEC’s sustainable governance play: Asset owners wary of potential snags
A good EU legal framework would help to institutionalise the process of just climate transition, says UK’s LAPFF
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France’s Af2i adopts ‘raison d’être’ embracing long-termism
Long-term perspective needs to be at heart of public debate, economic and political decision-making, says French institutional investor association
