Today's top news stories
Basel pension fund reveals details of alternatives strategy
PKBS hired Goldman Sachs, BioMed Partners, and IFR, and has invested directly in gold
'Freedom of choice could lead to bad pension outcomes': Dutch professor
Danger of individuals making poor choices would mean they were worse off than under current system
World Bank calls for full independence for Bulgarian regulator
Recommendations include powers to raise levies, improve staff salaries, and receive statutory indemnity
'No legal barrier' for UK funds on ESG investments: Law Commission
Landmark report confirms that DC schemes can take social impact issues into account when making investment decisions
M&G to transfer €7bn to Luxembourg ahead of Brexit
Transfers to take place in November into four new Luxembourg SICAVs
Time to start thinking about interest rate rises: Aegon
Expected increase will cause ‘considerable damage’ to portfolios of euro-denominated government bonds
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On the Record: How do you approach alternative credit?
Three pension funds - AP2, Linde and Unilever - talk about their approach to alternative credit
How We Run Our Money: Nordea Life & Pensions
Rachel Fixsen asked Thomas Otbo, Jesper Nørgaard and Erik Callert about the changes being made to the Nordics’ biggest commercial life insurer
Convertibles: A fundamental shift
Convertibles are gradually being recognised as an asset class in their own right
Mononationals: Case for foreign domestics
An unexpected consequence of globalisation is that it may be more beneficial to invest in firms that are predominantly national
Discount Rates: An exercise of judgement
A pension fund sponsor in Ecuador has raised an important point about IAS 19 discount rates, reports Stephen Bouvier
Perpetuum mobile
The Dutch people are used to drawn out pension reform
Politics needs a longer lens
It is necessary to come to terms with the end of left and right
Government bonds: Euro-zone risks remain
Economic growth prospects in the euro-zone look brighter but political uncertainties are a cause for concern
Gilts still retain some lustre
Even when offering negative real returns, Gilts are generating interest as a risk-free asset
US Treasuries: Dampener on Trump’s promises
The Trump administration seems to be moving away from the president’s radical campaign rhetoric
Climate change: Incentives are the way forward
Generally missing from the discussion on climate change is an identification of the incentives that can drive change
Guest Viewpoint: Avida International
“Fiduciary management has turned into a sophisticated exercise of managing increasingly complex investment value chains”
Guest viewpoint: Francesco Briganti, EBWI Employee Benefits and Welfare Institute
It is widely known that EIOPA is studying the possibility of a new EU legal framework for a pan-European occupational defined contribution pension regime
Diary of an Investor: Looking the part
We at Wasserdicht Pension Funds have been using BIG Asset Management for what seems like an eternity. I have learned two things about BIG over the years
Joseph Mariathasan: Strategy selection vs manager selection
Picking the right approach to global equities can prove more valuable to selecting managers
