All Alternatives articles – Page 36
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Santander pension fund closes in on £10bn after 18% return
UK scheme for banking group makes raft of property purchases, implements new hedge fund strategy
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Austria's fair-finance fund moves to decrease bond sensitivity
Country’s youngest Vorsorgekasse makes first forays into real estate, micro credit
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UK Railways Pension Scheme takes big strides in risk-factor equities
Dedicated team puts half of public equities in ‘smart beta’ strategies, with further moves on the agenda for 2015
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Ilmarinen boosts Chinese exposure, returns nearly 7%
Largest Finnish pensions mutual turns cashflow negative as baby-boomers retire
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AP1 on verge of first infrastructure investments
Swedish buffer fund posts 14.6% return for 2014, outperforming AP3 return of 13.7%
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Asset management roundup: FCA, NAPF, Natixis, DNCA, Man Group, NewSmith
UK’s FCA launches investigation of investment banking sector, to consider further review of asset management
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NewsIPE Views: Is there an alternative to alternatives?
Pete Drewienkiewicz on why investors should simply look at asset classes based on their investment goals and objectives
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OECD warns over ‘aggressive interpretation’ of bond covenants
Think tank notes divergent approaches between hedge fund, traditional bond investors requiring third-way approach on engagement
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Consultancy warns on risk naïvety in smart beta allocations
Towers Watson clients add $8bn in 2014 to smart beta strategies, but warns against inherent risks
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PGGM considers offloading hedge fund platform
Dutch asset manager approached by ‘number of interested parties’ over potential acquisition
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IPE Views: Hedge fund fees
IPE contributing editor Joseph Mariathasan explores whether hedge funds can justify their fees
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NewsGerman pension fund tenders €100m alternative strategies mandate
Corporate pension fund uses IPE-Quest to search for multi-strategy, absolute-return vehicle
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West Midlands ditches hedge funds to reach benchmark allocation
£10.1bn local government scheme to divest £200m from hedge fund partners
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EC offers pension funds further two-year clearing exemption
European Commission says lack of market infrastructure allowing pension funds to clear warrants further exemption
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Special Report
Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, Emission Impossible
When Chris Hitchen, CEO of the UK’s Railpen, thinks about portfolio fossil-fuel exposure, there is no room for moral absolutes. The discussion is “quite different” now that oil trades at $45/bbl rather than $115/bbl, he insists.
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, A changing climate
After years of campaigning, a series of recent moves from influential investors suggests that anti-fossil fuel groups are getting money on their side. Mark Nicholls looks at how the risk management and divestment movements are shaping up
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, a timeline
July 2011: The Carbon Tracker Initiative launches its seminal ‘Carbon Bubble’ report which, for the first time, puts the 2°C climate change target into a capital markets context…
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, Leaving smaller footprints
Bee-Lin Ang, Jonathan Williams and Martin Steward hear from pension fund investors around the world about why carbon and fossil-fuel risk matters, and how they are addressing it
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, A low-risk path to carbon reduction
The low-carbon index approach adopted by AP4, FRR and ERAFP aims to mitigate climate change (and career) risk, writes Liam Kennedy
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Special Report ESG: Carbon Risk, How the low-tracking-error green index strategy works
As pioneered by the Swedish pension buffer fund AP4, low-tracking-error green indices work on a remarkably simple principle: weighting the stocks in each sector by carbon intensity (CO2 per unit of sales) and removing the most carbon-intense companies and exposure to stranded asset risk in intensity based on market cap.
