Asset Allocation – Page 107
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News
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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ERAFP selects three managers for €2.5bn of credit mandates
French civil service scheme appoints managers to implement ‘buy-and-hold’ strategy
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Dutch SME initiative says pension funds put off by lack of scale
Ondernemend Oranje Kapitaal director also cites company’s legal structure, lack of track record
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Special ReportTactical asset allocation: When diversification is a better bet than timing
Practical difficulties of tactical asset allocation confirm the case for buying, holding and diversifying
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Features
Asset Allocation: Fixed income, Rates, Currencies - The big picture
Getting the big picture right always helps and sometimes it makes subsequent investment decision-making blindingly obvious. But so often there seem to be diametrically opposed eventualities, with ambiguity everywhere. The dramatic fall in the oil price, for example, is creating plenty of puzzlement.
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Features
Asset allocation: Where next?
Against the current economic backdrop, trustees and investment committees are unsure which sources of return they should allocate capital to, Liam Kennedy writes
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Country Report
Carrot and stick: Asset allocation under new FTK rules
New FTK rules require higher buffers but also allow funds to increase risk under certain conditions – Carlo Svaluto Moreolo writes about the dilemma of how to deploy capital in the current economic environment
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News
Ilmarinen boosts Chinese exposure, returns nearly 7%
Largest Finnish pensions mutual turns cashflow negative as baby-boomers retire
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NewsHedging, return-seeking portfolios boost returns at France's FRR
Reserve fund invests additional €300m in small, medium-sized local companies
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Active management boosts performance by 16 basis points, study finds
Study by CEM Benchmarking looks at performance of more than 1,000 public, private pension funds since 1992
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NewsUK Pensions Infrastructure Platform adds solar as fund launch nears
Chief executive says platform looking at both direct and indirect holdings, pending FCA approval
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Study finds ESG now core strategy at private equity firms
Data collection, managerial resistance seen as a problem in improving governance, environmental disclosure, says London Business School study
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Dutch roundup: Deloitte, Cappital, DNB, Dow Chemical
De Nederlandsche Bank said mortgage investments has almost doubled to €6.7bn in 2014
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Migros sees funding improve on back of 7% return
Pension fund of Swiss retailer sees no need to adjust strategy in the wake of SNB decision.
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NewsBoost in UK medical bulk annuities as Gilts provide discount pricing
Schemes trading medically underwritten contracts at 5-10% discount over traditional bulk annuities
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KLP backs Rwanda with solar investment
Norwegian pension provider sees first investment in east African country completed
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NewsAP4 says active management added SEK1.4bn in 2014
Swedish buffer fund plans to boost number of investments with maturity exceeding three years
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Pension funds risk losing 3.5% because of slow portfolio changes — study
Investors found to take average 23 days between decision and implementation, says State Street
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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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Third of institutions do not use proxy data in investment decisions
Research from Stanford Business School shows portfolio managers rarely involved in voting decisions
