Susanna Rust

5 days ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Festina Finance, a provider of pension administration technology with major continental European pension investors among its clients, has said it is expanding into the UK market. In an announcement today, the Danish fintech firm said it is now fully operational – ready to deliver its Festina Life and Pension Platform to UK pension schemes across defined benefit (DB), defined contribution (DC) and collective defined contribution (CDC).

5 days ago | ipe.com | Pamela Kokoszka |Susanna Rust

The UK government today has set out a 10-year plan to significantly boost business investment in eight key sectors, a strategy that includes a new capital commitment from the British Business Bank. Prime minister Keir Starmer said the modern industrial strategy “marks a turning point for Britain’s economy and a clear break from the short-termism and sticking plasters of the past”.

1 week ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

Brunel Pension Partnership and Railpen each scooped two awards at IPE’s second Transition conference in Brussels this week. France’s ERAFP picked up the Outstanding Contribution in Transition Management award while its compatriot AG2R La Mondiale was the winner in the Public Markets Investment category. Railpen came top in the Leadership in Energy Transition & Net Zero competition and the Private Markets Investments category.

1 week ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

PensionsEurope has written to the US Senate to express serious concerns over tax measures included in president Donald Trump’s budget reconciliation legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Its concerns relate to Section 899 of the proposed reform, which foresees an increase in the rate of US federal income tax on income generated on US investments by residents of a “discriminatory foreign country”.

1 week ago | ipe.com | Susanna Rust

The European Commission is seeking stakeholder views on the existence of any investment rules imposing “overly restrictive limits on investments in alternative assets” as part of a consultation on supplementary pensions. The consultation also explores the issue of scale in European pension funds, an issue the Commission has already made clear it wants to address. Launched on Friday, the consultation – described as “targeted” – is split into two.