Asset Allocation – Page 109
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
Although the severe winter did have a significant impact on US economic activity in the first quarter, the strength of the headwinds from a stronger dollar and the collapse in capital spending within the energy sector have also taken their toll
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Country Report
Asset Allocation: Autres temps, autres mœurs
France’s institutional investors, like most across Europe, are struggling to adapt to the low-interest environment
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News
'Unholy' situation forcing institutional investors to stick with equities – SSgA
Research shows paradox of additions to equity portfolios despite expectations of downturn
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NewsPrice of CMBS, infrastructure assets holding back investors – survey
Goldman Sachs Asset Management finds concerns about low-yield environment most on insurers’ minds
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News
Germany's BVV increases real assets, braces for more regulatory hurdles
Largest German Pensionskasse seeks steady returns from infrastructure, real estate
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News
UK roundup: BlackRock, Aberdeen Asset Management
World’s largest asset manager enters UK retirement income solutions market
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NewsStrong first-quarter returns boost assets to €45bn at Finland's Keva
Equity returns close to 16% in line with performance of Finnish peers
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News
Lancashire fund makes 53 appointments to investment framework
Local government scheme appoints consultants to advise on asset classes, governance
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NewsLGPS funds could consider legal action over mandatory passive shift
South Yorkshire fund weighs becoming collective vehicle for other LGPS funds should new UK government choose shift to passive investment
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News
'Tensions' to blame for UK government's delay on LGPS reforms
Senior civil servant says government position on merger, shift to passive investment ‘way, way overdue’
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News
UK roundup: Tesco Pension Scheme, Barnett Waddingham
UK supermarket pension fund sees actuarial deficit spike 200% in three years
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News
ABP commits €25m to new SME investment fund
Fund not viewed as competitor to ones recently launched by NLII, targeting 25% participation in each loan
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News
Strathclyde slashes equities in shift to ‘enhanced yield’ strategies
UK’s largest LGPS moves away from 70% equity allocation to absolute return, hedge funds and debt
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NewsSwedish roundup: Kåpan, Kyrkans Pensionskassa
Pension fund for the Swedish Church sees returns hit nearly 20%, after returns of 4.4% in 2013
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News
Credit risk premium ‘underestimated’ due to duration fault, says AQR [updated]
Eerroneous matching of duration between risk-free sovereign bonds and corporate bonds led to underestimation of pure credit risk-premia
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News
Norwegian oil fund adopts ‘broad criteria’ for climate change exclusion
Government accepts policies from independent report, will not implement sector-based divestment from oil, gas
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News
LGPS investment regulations should mirror private sector, says GMPF
Some LGPS investment regulations ‘too prescriptive’, according to Greater Manchester Pension Fund
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News
Mandate roundup: Dorset County, Wiltshire Pension Fund, Loomis Sayles
Dorset pension fund targets two managers for £480m in global active, smart-beta equity strategies
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Asset Class ReportsSwitzerland’s AHV tenders CHF500m global equity portfolio
First-pillar fund announces tender worth more than half of current small-cap exposure
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News
NEST appoints LGIM to manage single-year Gilt strategy shift
Auto-enrolment provider chooses UK asset manager for single-year Gilts, replacing cash
