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ABP is too big to be an active investor, says president
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund is switching from an all-active investment strategy to index investing
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News
New partnership formed to create bespoke ‘next generation’ ESG indices
MerQube and Impact Cubed are responding to a need for customisation and factual accuracy
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Dutch GPs want pension fund to divest from fast food companies
Pensioenfonds Huisartsen cannot implement their demands because of the fund’s passive investment strategy and now considers switching to active
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SNS Reaal fund ditches EM fossil fuel producers
The move is part of the €4.2bn pension fund switch from mostly passive to fully active management in EM equities
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Ukraine war wake-up call for Dutch passive investors, say consultants
The Russian invasion of Ukraine should catalyse the trend towards bespoke ESG indexes, it is thought
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East Sussex Pension Fund nearly out of fossils with Osmosis global equity mandate [updated]
UK local authority pension fund says passive equity switch removes £17m of fossil fuel shares from portfolio
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Pension fund for Dutch harbour pilots ditches factor portfolio
Loodsen has converted its equity portfolio to four passive regional funds
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In-house funds weigh on Robeco pension fund returns
Despite last year’s poor returns, the fund’s active approach has still yielded slightly better results than passive investing
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FRR seeks new equity indices for Paris-alignment mandates
Further fossil fuel reduction and overweighting of solution-bringers on the cards
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ACCESS LGPS pool adds £5.5bn via seven new sub-funds
Seven new externally managed funds cover global equities and bonds
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Mandate roundup: Swiss scheme seeks passive bond manager for $1bn
Plus: Another Swiss fund issues an RFI on €4.1bn currency overlay brief; UK local authority awards property mandate
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ESG roundup: NN IP sees €300bn green bond issuance next year
Plus: GPIF allocates to gender-diversity index; Denmark’s Sampension adds 79 stocks to blacklist
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East Sussex PF picks Storebrand for €440m fossil-free global equities
UK pension fund chair argues generic passive indices tend to weight older, often carbon-heavier stocks
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Bouw pension fund to up real estate investments
The €70bn fund has €1.9bn available to invest in predominantly foreign real estate projects
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Sweden’s AP1 aims to drive ESG change with LGIM EM equity tracker
Swedish national pensions buffer fund sparks development of another ESG product for others to use
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ATP helps squeeze global emissions with new ESG filter for utilities
Danish pension fund’s new model for sector ensures no investment in new coal power
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Icelandic pension funds see foreign allocations grow in 2020
Frjálsi targets 30% foreign asset allocation in 2021
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Varma to expand sustainable equities portfolio to up to €1bn
Finnish pension fund reshapes 4-year-old portfolio project to bring it closer to SDGs
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Outgoing Norway SWF chief lauds political grit in choppy markets
Yngve Slyngstad says strategic decisions early on still play important role for GPFG
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WTW: Passive managers ‘disappoint’ as stewards of fixed income
Stewardship in fixed income is a position of significant influence, says consultancy