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Alecta builds real assets debt platforms as search for yield goes on
Swedish pensions giant seeks to replace banks in big-ticket direct lending
UK lifeboat fund sees investment risk, underfunding ‘strongly linked’
Significant number of schemes still in deficit
EC promises ‘enabling framework’ for green investment
European Commission explains how its Green Deal will be financed
Blasting company convicted in prosecution taken by Irish pensions regulator
Regulator CEO says conviction ‘should act as a warning’
Buck to use ClearGlass's cost transparency platform
There is ‘significant value’ to pension schemes in cost transparency data collection
Asset manager roundup: UBS AM wins €225m property mandate
Crédit Mutuel launches AM hub, Columbia Threadneedle backs Black Men campaign
APG reopens to admin clients
Provider completed refocus on core activities
Dutch scheme transfers individual DC plan to insurer ASR
Continuing the IDC plan would not benefit the pension fund or its active participants
People moves: Former UK pensions minister joins LCP
LCP, LOIM, PASA, PTL, Asset Management Exchange, APG, GAM, PostNL, Danica Pension, Achmea, Morningstar, Kempen, Patrizia, Schroders, Man Group, BlueBay, AXA IM, AFM
Viherkenttä quits as CEO of Finland’s VER, making way for Löyttyniemi’s return
Finnish central government pension fund back in hands of former chief
Alecta poaches Skandia CIO for new real assets chief role
Swedish fund bolsters real assets management, hiring Axel Brändström and Lena Boberg
BlackRock joins ClimateAction 100+ in ‘natural progression’
Critical take describes $6.8trn asset manager’s move as ‘long overdue small step’
MP Pension’s investment arm wins DKK1.7bn mandate from LD Funds
MPIM to take over Danish equities management from C WorldWide
Viherkenttä quits as CEO of Finland’s VER, making way for Löyttyniemi’s return
Finnish central government pension fund back in hands of former chief
On the Record: Retirement income
IPE asked three pension funds how they help members to ensure investment returns are turned into good retirement outcomes
How we run our money: Xerox
Jeffrey McMahon, head of pension investment and risk at Xerox, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the plan to make the company’s legacy DB scheme self-sufficient
Asset management faces systemic risk questions
When will the next financial crisis hit? Over 80% of respondents among a sample of 500 institutional investors surveyed by Natixis Investment Managers expect a crisis to take place within the next five years.
iTDFs: A formula to end retirement blues?
All over the world, the financial industry is grappling with the ‘ideal’ post retirement investment strategy and with how best to pay out income in retirement. There is an arms race and the question is the following: who will win the retirement agenda?
Emerging market debt: Argentina makes investors cry
Who needs Pennywise the terrifying clown when one has Argentine bonds in their investment portfolios?
Beyond green ambitions
Europe has lofty ambitions as it positions the European Green Deal as Europe’s growth plan for the coming decade and beyond
Research: Back to basics will drive asset allocation
In the final article on a new report, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan conclude that liquidity management has become vital as quantitative easing reaches a point of diminishing returns
Fixed Income - European investment grade: No sign of end for negative yields
Negative interest rates look set for a lengthy run in Europe, raising concerns about the long-term effects
US investment grade: A year for not living dangerously
Geopolitical uncertainties are pushing investors away from longer-term strategies
Building ABS confidence
European regulators are promoting a ‘gold standard’ for asset-backed securities
Beyond green ambitions
Europe has lofty ambitions as it positions the European Green Deal as Europe’s growth plan for the coming decade and beyond
Guest Viewpoint: Fabrice Demarigny, Joachim Nagel & Corien Wortmann-Kool
“A reboot of the CMU has moved up the European policy agenda”
Time for a positive impact on investing
The focus on sustainability and impact investing is expected to continue to grow, with potential regulatory and policy responses having wide-ranging investment implications
Systemic risk may be underestimated
Underestimating the scale of systemic risk within the asset management industry is a mistake. For several years, macroprudential authorities including the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the Bank of England have argued that asset management activities are becoming systemically more risky.
A precarious balance
Why has there not been another global financial crisis over the past decade? That is a more fruitful question than trying to predict when the next bout of market mayhem will hit.
