The annual IPE Conference & Awards, took place in Vienna on November 27-29 2023.
Each year, the IPE Awards, attended by almost 500 members of the European pension fund industry, recognizes the achievements of pension funds across Europe in more than 40 categories and across 20 different countries, whilst the conference discussions looked at how Europe’s pension funds could overcome current global challenges.
The conference and awards
Vincent Mortier, Group Chief Investment Officer, took part in a panel discussion on “Investment Leaders Respond to Global Challenges”. Meanwhile, Amundi hosted a workshop on net zero portfolio transformation, where Gilles Dauphine, Deputy Head of Fixed Income, Frederic Hoogveld, Head of Investment Specialists & Market Strategy, ETF, Indexing & Smart Beta and Piergaetano Iaccarino, Head of Equity Solutions, took a practical approach to portfolio decarbonisation across asset classes.
At the awards dinner, Francesca Ciceri, Global Head of Institutional Coverage presented the award for European Pension Fund of the Year and Dirk Auersperg, Head of Institutional Clients ETF, Indexing and Smart Beta in Germany presented the award for ESG strategy. Both awards were won by the Netherlands pension provider, APG.
Launch of the 2023 Amundi Institute-CREATE survey:
The conference opened with Amin Rajan, CEO CREATE-Research, presenting the findings of the annual Amundi-CREATE survey, which each year focuses on topical concerns for pension funds. The 2023 edition looked at how pension funds feel about responsible investing after a turbulent 2022 where underperformance and political backlash often caused investors to rethink their approach. The survey results show that despite these temporary setbacks, responsible investing remains central to long term value creation for pension funds.
