Today's top news stories
Swiss pension fund seeks passive equities manager via IPE Quest
Mandate is for CHF150m (€137m)
Veolia trustees appoint Schroders to fiduciary management mandate
Mandate for energy and waste management firm’s largest UK DB schemes
Danish government drops plan for pension age increase
Prime minister fails to gather broad political support for longer working from 2025
Long-term investing in European and US equity a must: Larry Fink
Trump’s US infrastructure plans could still see the light of day ‘despite the noise’
UK election: What the manifestos say
The Conservatives, Labour, and the Liberal Democrats have laid out their pension policies for the 8 June poll
Joseph Mariathasan: Venezuela – is the risk priced in?
Venezuela may be a mess, but what counts is whether asset prices reflect the risks
Digital Edition
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On the Record: Do you invest in real assets?
Three pension funds - CNPADC, KZVK-VKPB and Sampension - talk about their exposure to real assets
How We Run Our Money: Varma
Reima Rytsölä, CIO of Finnish pension fund Varma, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo why it makes sense to keep an allocation to hedge funds
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
Insolvency Insurance: Behind the promise
Insolvency insurance stands behind German and Swedish book-reserve pensions, but the concept has not really caught on elsewhere
Global Economy: Is growth optimism justified?
Daniel Ben-Ami finds that while there are signs that the global economy might be bouncing back, doubts are being raised by the weakness of the recovery
Transition problems
The travails of defined benefit pension schemes and insurers are well known as they seek to meet liabilities made in previous decades in today’s ultra-low-rate environment
Creative destruction is needed
The current vogue for optimism about the prospects for the developed economies is overdone. There may be a slight cyclical upturn but its significance is limited
Investing In Private Equity: Concerns in a hot market
Joseph Mariathasan finds that high valuations in the private equity market means it can be an easier decision to sell than to buy
Venture Capital: Handle with care
Venture capital is becoming more popular with investors but picking the right firms might not be easy, finds Joseph Mariathasan
Sovereigns look for private boost
Joseph Mariathasan says the long-term goals of sovereign wealth funds mean they can tap the potential of private markets
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
Long Term Matters: Disrupting CEO pay
The former CEO of the Investment Association, the trade body that represents UK investment managers, has made a disruptive proposal on CEO pay
Guest Viewpoint: Philip Shier - Society of Actuaries in Ireland
One of the objectives of the European Commission in the revision of the IORP Directive was to enhance the information provided to prospective members, members and beneficiaries of IORPs
