Investment & Pensions Europe
6 days ago · November 2024 (Magazine)By Joseph Mariathasan. Europe is becoming an exciting place for tech start-ups, but they are receiving little support from European pension funds, which have eschewed venture capital since the bursting of the dotcom bubble in the late 1990s. The pensions reform promises of Europe's far right political parties.
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Eoin Murray joins Rebalance Earth as chief investment officer
Oct 11, 2024 · Eoin Murray has joined Rebalance Earth, a boutique asset manager focused on financing nature as business-critical infrastructure, as its chief investment officer. Murray joins the firm after a decade at Federated Hermes. During his 30-year career, he has supported the launch of one of the first biodiversity equity strategies in collaboration ...
Investors warned about carbon intensity metric in EU climate …
Nov 12, 2020 · Investors warned about carbon intensity metric in EU climate indices. By Susanna Rust 12 November 2020. Investors wanting to allocate to EU climate benchmarks without encouraging greenwashing should ensure the underlying methodologies make as little use as possible of the carbon intensity measure mandated by the EU regulation, Scientific Beta ...
Irish Pensions Authority publishes own-risk assessment guidance
Oct 12, 2023 · The Pensions Authority for Ireland has published guidance for trustees on the own-risk assessment (ORA). The latest date by which a pension scheme’s first ORA can be completed is 22 April 2024. According to the Authority, the ORA must identify the actions that are needed to effectively manage and where appropriate mitigate identified risks.
Investec AM changes name to Ninety One, demerges from group
Nov 20, 2019 · Investec Asset Management (IAM) has unveiled its new name and branding as Ninety One, which will be rolled out following completion of the firm’s demerger from Investec Group. The demerger process is on track to take place in the first quarter of 2020, subject to shareholder approval. In September 2018, following a strategic review, the ...
Outstanding performance from innovative newcomer | Features | IPE
Outstanding performance from innovative newcomer. By IPE staff December 2005 (Magazine) The Gildi Pension Fund is a new name in Icelandic pensions, but it has now won the country award in the first year of its existence. The fund was established on 1 January 2005, from the merger of two pension funds, the Framsyn Pension Fund and the Seamen’s ...
Indices and benchmarks: Clarifying the difference | News - IPE
Nov 22, 2011 · Indices and benchmarks: Clarifying the difference. EDHEC's Noël Amenc clears up some of the differences between reference indices and custom benchmarks. The words 'index' and 'benchmark' are often used indiscriminately in practice even though they are, a priori, very different concepts. A reference index is a portfolio that should represent ...
Babson Capital to combine subsidiaries under Barings name
By Rachel Fixsen 10 March 2016. Babson Capital Management is to combine its business with that of its subsidiaries Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, Wood Creek Capital Management and Baring Asset Management into one firm under the Barings brand. The amalgamation of the businesses, which are all affiliates of the MassMutual Financial Group (a ...
Railpen picks BNY Mellon to provide cloud-based data platform
By IPE Staff 1 March 2024. Railpen, the fiduciary and investment manager of the UK railways’ pension schemes, has appointed BNY Mellon to provide a cloud-based data platform that simplifies its data architecture and supports the resilience of its operating model. The platform will deliver greater insights from Railpen’s proprietary data for ...