Liam Kennedy July

Jul 1, 2024 | ipe.com | Liam Kennedy July |Liam Kennedy

IPE Membership IPE has created a suite of products and services for Europe’s institutional investment and pensions community.

Jul 1, 2024 | ipe.com | Liam Kennedy July |Liam Kennedy

Pensions are a hot topic in corporate Germany, where skills shortages and an ageing workforce have led to a war for talent, as well as a renaissance in occupational retirement provision in the fight for workforce skills. In its 2024 study on occupational pensions, PwC Deutschland found that 41% of surveyed companies have introduced an workplace pensions offering in the last 10 years.

Jul 1, 2023 | ipe.com | Liam Kennedy July |Liam Kennedy

The EU’s planned Sovereignty Fund, Italy’s Fondo Strategico Nazionale (National Strategic Fund), and the planned French and German funds to boost the domestic production in strategic minerals, may not be sovereign funds in the sense of directing budgetary surplus or resource riches to investment opportunities away from home. They are part of a new generation of investment initiatives aiming to boost domestic investment, including crowding in capital from abroad, in key sectors of the economy.