- 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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UK local authority funds earmark 3-5% of assets to local investments
West Midlands Pension Fund and the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority have updated their respective investment strategy statements
L&G dominates UK pension risk transfer market with 27% share
The UK PRT market has reached a record-breaking 367 buy-ins totalling £38.2bn in 2025
AEIP flags cost, complexity concerns over EU IORP II revision
The association criticises EU pension reform, warning new rules could burden paritarian IORPs without adding member value
How useful is climate scenario analysis?
Troubled methodologies and unrealistic pathways have undermined the credibility of the process, but there are efforts to get it taken more seriously
Record funding ratios prompt DAX firms to rethink pension strategies, allocations
DAX firms achieved a 2.2% return on pension assets through active management, navigating a challenging economic and geopolitical environment, says WTW
Dental pension fund swaps Apollo loan for direct financing in de-risking move
VZB, Berlin’s dental pension fund, replaces Apollo loan with direct financing to mitigate economic and legal risks
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.
People moves: HSBC AM names CEO for alternatives
Thorsten Michalik succeeds Joanna Munro, who is retiring after more than 40 years in asset management, of which 20 have been with HSBC
TPT Retirement Solutions hires superfund head to evolve proposition
Steve Collins was hired as TPT’s new head of superfund to play a ‘key role’ in helping bring the proposition to market
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
L&G dominates UK pension risk transfer market with 27% share
The UK PRT market has reached a record-breaking 367 buy-ins totalling £38.2bn in 2025
How useful is climate scenario analysis?
Troubled methodologies and unrealistic pathways have undermined the credibility of the process, but there are efforts to get it taken more seriously
BP ballot row: a test for UK shareholder democracy?
Will the oil and energy giant get away with blocking a climate shareholder resolution?
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
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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