Sweden revamps AP fund boards with industry veterans and academics
New chairs for AP1 and AP3, along with three new deputies and 12 new board members across the €126bn system
Study highlights imbalance between dividends and pension payments
LCP found that FTSE 100 companies paid £90bn to shareholders and just £13bn to pension funds in 2018
Brexit: UK recession warning as prime minister quits party leadership
Economists have issued renewed warnings of a possible UK recession after prime minister Theresa May this morning announced her resignation.
Chart of the Week: Brexit helps Ireland hit record AUM
ETFs, Brexit transfers and market performance pushed Irish AUM to an all-time high of €2.64trn in the first quarter of 2019, according to new data
France’s FRR awards €1.7bn domestic, European small cap mandates
Award concludes search launched in April last year, with US small cap and Japanese equity searches still outstanding
£45bn local authority investment pool appoints permanent chair
Gerald Cooney, vice-deputy of Greater Manchester Pension Fund, has taken over from Paul Doughty at the Northern LGPS
Ex-regulator slams piling up of pension fund rules
A former head of pension fund supervision in the Netherlands has argued that risk reduction requirements for schemes are over the top and counter-productive
ESG roundup: Another investor culls tobacco firms
Also: AP7 hails climate change actions by German firms RWE and BASF to address lobbying concerns
Climate change protesters disrupt pensions conference
Extinction Rebellion representatives press government minister to scale back LGPS’ investments in fossil fuels
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On the Record: The volatility question
We asked two European pension funds how they view, and invest in, the hedge fund sector at a time when volatility is structurally low
How we run our money: Railpen
Andrea Ash (pictured), investment director at RPMI Railpen, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the UK pension fund’s private markets strategy
China: To be or not to be
Investors are divided on whether to classify Chinese equities as a distinct asset class
Becoming a mortgage lender
More pension funds are eyeing residential mortgages as an asset class
Economic outlook: Dancing with steamrollers
Clouds are gathering for the global economy
Connecting climate dots
The transition to a low-carbon economy should lead to significant economic opportunity
Cultivating judgement
One of the big challenges we face, both in the financial world and in everyday life, is how to overcome our biases
Private equity: An expanding universe
A significant growth in direct lending has helped boost the private equity market
Don’t panic (yet) about populism
When I called for investor engagement with Facebook and the social media giants, I did not expect to see a sovereign wealth fund leading such an initiative just three months later
Guest Viewpoint: Christin ter Braak-Forstinger
Impact investing has undergone a rapid evolution over the past decade. What originally started with investments in countries at the bottom of the pyramid has become a valid investment approach in developed countries as well.
Joseph Mariathasan: Satellites’ ‘PC moment’ has profound implications
Vastly reduced costs of launching and building satellites opens up range of new opportunities
Long-term matters: Lessons for Climate Action 100+
Fund management is a pretty opaque profession, and no aspect more so than the way investors hold the management of investee companies accountable
Guest Viewpoint: Manuel Adamini, Sean Flannery, Toby Heaps and Eloy Lindeijer
“Time to invite brown corporates to the green bond party”
