Investor Strategy News
IPE Global Top 1000 survey of institutional investors marks rise of the 'mega-fund'
02 Sep 2010 16:10
GLOBAL – There are now 75 pension funds in the European 'super league' – boasting more than €10bn in assets – and over 600 funds with assets of €1bn or more, according to IPE's Global Top 1000...
Equity quotas for Austrian funds will stay at 30%, says FVPK
25 Aug 2010 12:21
AUSTRIA – Equity quotas for Austrian Pensionskassen have returned to around 30% from a 25% dip in 2008, and they are set to remain at that level for years to come, according to the Austrian...
LLMA unveils framework for longevity index
23 Aug 2010 15:09
UK – The Life & Longevity Markets Association (LLMA) has published the governance framework for its planned longevity index.
German pension funds 'absurd' to ditch equities, academics say
19 Aug 2010 14:21
GERMANY – Equities are vital to maintaining return opportunities in second-pillar pensions, according to a study into the effects of the crisis on the German pension system.
Norway Global loses €19bn in value as European equities plummet by 12% in Q2
13 Aug 2010 16:10
NORWAY – The Norway Government Pension Fund Global today announced losses of NOK155bn (€19.5bn) for its second quarter as a result of weak global stock markets.
Dutch butchers lose returns to interest hedge
13 Aug 2010 15:45
NETHERLANDS – The €1.3bn pension fund for the Dutch meat industry returned 9.2% on investments last year but lost 5 percentage points of its return to its interest rate hedge following the rise in...
Low Bund yields tax German investors, consultants
13 Aug 2010 12:43
GERMANY – Record low Bund yields have very ambivalent effects on German institutional investors, increasing assets and liabilities at the same time, consultancies are pointing out.
Dutch schemes have 'huge potential' for efficiency through consolidation
12 Aug 2010 13:00
NETHERLANDS – Pension funds in the Netherlands can significantly improve their efficiency through consolidation, a comparative study of 90 large pension funds in Holland, the US, Canada and Australia ...
GPS: Pension funds worry about PIGS states, pessimistic on risk
11 Aug 2010 13:29
GLOBAL – Pension funds are most concerned about the financial instability potentially caused by PIGS states – Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain – the latest Global Pensions Survey (GPS), by Tilburg...
Hewitt urges Irish DC schemes to avoid long-term bonds
03 Aug 2010 15:16
IRELAND – Hewitt has urged defined contribution (DC) pension funds to invest more heavily in short-term government bonds, as it predicted the long-term downturn in interest rates would reverse.
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