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Pensions admin firm Festina ready to take on UK pension fund clients

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).
UK government sets out ‘modern Industrial Strategy’

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”.
Brunel and Railpen double up at IPE Transition Awards

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.
Booking.com settles with Dutch pension fund PGB

1 week ago | ipe.com | Olaf Boschman

Booking.com has reached a settlement with Dutch multi-sector pension fund PGB, with the pension fund agreeing to let go of its requirement for Booking.com to join the fund in exchange for an undisclosed compensation fee.
PensionsEurope raises ‘serious concerns’ over One Big Beautiful Bill

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”.
New PensionsEurope president wants to simplify membership structure

1 week ago | ipe.com | Maarten van Wijk |Tjibbe Hoekstra

Jacques van Dijken, the new president of PensionsEurope, wants to rid the organisation of its two-tier membership structure, giving every country equal influenceThe current distinction of A- and B-memberships at PensionsEurope, the association for European pension funds, is “artificial and archaic” and needs reform, according to the organisation’s new president Jacques Van Dijken. “The aim of PensionsEurope is to make the combined voice of the world of funded pensions heard.
Should investors worry about plans to cull corporate sustainability disclosures?

1 week ago | ipe.com | Sophie Robinson-Tillett

Member states are meeting today to discuss their latest thinking on the EU’s plans to simplify its sustainability disclosure and due diligence laws. The Council of the European Union will consider a proposal by its current presidency, Poland, that the rules should be further cut back.
IFRS Sustainability Reporting Framework makes global progress, says Lloyd

1 week ago | ipe.com | Stephen Bouvier

The International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) reporting framework is now in use or being implemented in jurisdictions accounting for more than 60% of global GDP, the board’s vice chair Sue Lloyd said during a media briefing last week. “When we’ve talked about the 36 jurisdictions that we’ve referred to in the past, we’ve noted the significant market capitalisation behind that – more than 60% of global GDP,” she said.
‘Overly restrictive’ investment limits among IORP II topics in EC consultation

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.
AP7 loses patience with Tesla’s labour conduct, divesting €1.2bn

1 week ago | ipe.com | Rachel Fixsen

Swedish national pension fund AP7 revealed on Friday it sold its entire stake in Tesla last month, and blacklisted the US electric car giant due to labour-market violations in the US after years of engagement over the issue. In the biannual publication of its exclusion list, the SEK1.33trn (€121bn) pension fund also announced it is changing its exclusion process in relation to climate considerations – which will lead to AP7 banishing more companies than before.