- The strategic case for private credit is changing, as LPs look at broader risks and GPs tie up with pension risk insurers to boost their origination engines
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BlackRock calls for long-term focus to boost Europe’s savings and capital markets
CEO Larry Fink urges Europeans to prioritise long-term savings investment, boosting wealth, pensions and domestic capital markets
IORP II review: EFAMA adds to pushback against performance benchmarking proposal
Plus: PEPP 5% private assets cap ‘restrictive’ and member states’ buy-in key for supplementary pensions package success
AP7 raises bar for gender diverse boards in Japan, India in new voting policy
Swedish pensions giant updates voting policy for 2026 AGMs for its 2,000-company portfolio
Germany eyes boost in pension investment via global equities
Policymakers and industry push to expand occupational and private pensions, eyeing equity markets to drive returns
SV Pensionsfonds takes over €900m liabilities from Hamburger Sparkasse
Haspa offloads €900m pension liabilities to SV Pensionsfonds in de-risking deal, lifting its assets to €1.5bn
Alecta’s future as ITP provider hangs in balance after regulator ruling
‘In worst-case scenario’, Sweden’s largest pension fund could be removed as provider of key occupational pension scheme
Guy Gresham: “Political risk once arrived as a shock. Increasingly, it arrives embedded in the rules themselves”
Policy decisions in the US and Europe are no longer simply arriving as market events. Instead, they are increasingly reshaping the rules that govern ownership, transactions, benchmark classification and capital allocation.
“There is more to European private credit than meets the eye”
Despite the frequent grievances about the poor development of European capital markets, a plethora of non-bank lenders, backed by Europe’s institutional investors, are working hard to provide European businesses with the capital they need to grow and innovate.
Larger pension funds will do better in a volatile world
The current hostilities in the Middle East may have subsided by the time you read this. It is also highly likely that they will not.
Austria’s VBV Pensionskasse CEO to step down amid restructuring
VBV has decided not to extend Günther Schiendl’s contract as it progresses with a restructuring process
People moves: AP Pension picks former Velliv chief
Steen Michael Erichsen, former CEO of Velliv, has been appointed as AP Pension’s partner director
Denmark’s Sampension replaces chief executive officer
CEO Hasse Jørgensen has left the Danish pensions firm with immediate effect, to be replaced by Mads Smith Hansen
IPE DACH Briefing: Compenswiss overhauls asset allocations
Plus: Beate Petry, chair of aba, said the occupational pension association backs further reform to open social partner defined contribution models to third parties
Mandating pension investments could backfire, UK report says
UK report warns top-down pension investment risks poor outcomes; targeted, evidence-based interventions preferred over mandates
SFDR: Pension fund viability will hinge on treatment of government debt
European Commission wants to give minimal weight to the idea that government debt can contribute towards environmental and social objectives
Forget the US: China now drives political risk in global markets
Investors beware: while the US wanes, China’s ambitions increasingly define global political and economic risk
IPE Nordic Briefing: Swedish manager slams FTN’s procurement process
Plus: Finland’s pensions debate continues ahead of next year’s general election
Pushing green boundaries in credit
Daniel Spencer, portfolio manager at Brunel Pension Partnership, explains how a lack of responsible investment tools spurred the UK pool to develop its own products and processes in areas like multi-asset credit
Listed equities: Beyond the Magnificent Seven, betting on the future of AI
America’s tech giants not only dominate equity indices; they are breaking records for capital expenditure on AI. How are European pension funds approaching their allocation to the Mag 7?
Kate El-Hillow, Russell Investments: “You don’t want things in silos”
Kate El-Hillow, president and CIO of Russell Investments, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about competing in fiduciary management, private markets and total portfolio allocation
Gabriel Bernardino on European auto-enrolment: “Most people do not want difficult choices”
Gabriel Bernardino tells Pamela Kokoszka what is needed for auto-enrolment to be rolled out successfully across Europe
AkademikerPension adds extra layer of risk
Known as the ‘Jesus of Gentofte’ for its ESG stance, the Danish fund is revitalising its approach to investing. CIO Anders Schelde explains the rationale behind it to Rachel Fixsen
IPE Magazine March/April 2026
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March/April Highlights
Soil carbon has emerged as a legitimate asset class
The announcement in January that Microsoft has made a commitment to purchase 2.85m soil carbon removal credits from Indigo Carbon PBC over a period of 12 years suggests that something fundamental has changed in the soil carbon credits market.
European private credit: From niche to mainstream
The strategic case for European private credit remains strong but is evolving
Emerging market equities: Outshining their advanced economy peers
Dollar weakness and AI capex spend combine as developing economies outperform despite tariff headwinds
Pushing green boundaries in credit
Daniel Spencer, portfolio manager at Brunel Pension Partnership, explains how a lack of responsible investment tools spurred the UK pool to develop its own products and processes in areas like multi-asset credit
Listed equities: Beyond the Magnificent Seven, betting on the future of AI
America’s tech giants not only dominate equity indices; they are breaking records for capital expenditure on AI. How are European pension funds approaching their allocation to the Mag 7?
Emerging market equities: Outshining their advanced economy peers
Dollar weakness and AI capex spend combine as developing economies outperform despite tariff headwinds
European private credit: From niche to mainstream
The strategic case for European private credit remains strong but is evolving
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