Asset Allocation – Page 113
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UK pension funds shy from liability-matching in favour of alternatives
Purple Book shows slowdown in shift from equities to bonds and from Gilts to index-linked investments
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NewsMark-to-market obligation a 'disease', says Switzerland's AHV
Swiss regulator provides insight into new risk assessment approach for pension funds
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EIB joins working group on green agricultural bonds
New working group complements work on green property bonds after report showed carbon bond market exceeding $500bn
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NewsIntricate risk controls have damaged portfolios, says 300 Club
Idaho’s Bob Maynard says ‘transparency’ should be main method of controlling risk
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UK roundup: Ashridge Pension Scheme, P-Solve, Legal & General, PRIAC
The £50m Ashridge scheme selects P-Solve for fiduciary mandate focusing on manager selection, tactical allocations
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Dutch pension fund to invest 5% of assets in residential mortgages
Asset class offers better returns than euro-denominated bonds against ‘very limited’ additional risk, scheme says
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Pension funds should consider investing in student loans, think tank urges
UK’s Institute for Economic Affairs proposes universities agree contracts, bundle and sell on to pension investors
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UK roundup: Merseyside Pension Fund, Research Machines scheme, PIC
The £6.1bn Merseyside Pension Fund returns 6.2%, aided by successful European equities, property
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NewsIlmarinen sees long-term increase in equity weighting
Third quarter overall return dips to 5.7%, as effects of crisis in Ukraine weigh on portfolio, but reforms allow mutual to boost equities exposure by third
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NEST to provide 'helpful nudges' to ethical market
UK scheme says it will hope to apply pressure to industry to grow and develop number of ethical investment options available
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VER sees equity returns boosted to nearly 10% by US, emerging markets
Finnish state fund sees quity portfolio offer strongest return, despite improved results for fixed income portfolio
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Campaign urges USS to consult membership over ethical investment
Campaign led by union, ShareAction calls for consideration of climate risk when investing assets
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NewsNordic roundup: Etera, Nordea Life & Pensions
Investment returns bounce back for Finland’s Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company
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Prudential backs Welsh hydro-power plant despite annuity market changes
Prudential, one of six insurers to commit £25bn to government infrastructure plan, provides capital for £1bn tidal-energy plant in Wales
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Near-half of German institutions to miss investment targets
Survey from Union Investment showed preference for safety to decline as dissatisfaction with returns continues
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IPE Views: 'De-carbonising’ portfolios doesn’t mitigate risk – it adds it
IPE’s Martin Steward wonders whether a habit of thought is developing that fails to recognise ‘de-carbonising’ as a risk and starts to regard it as a certainty
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Irish industry welcomes end of pension levy
Minister for finance confirms end of 0.6% levy, with second 0.15% levy set to expire in 2015, as government flags up €300m social housing PPP
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LGIM launches ‘delegated solutions’ as consultants debate market impact
L&G looks to keep assets within umbrella group with bridge offering between asset manager, bulk annuities division
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CIO at APG warns of dwindling benefits of diversification
Eduard van Gelderen cites increase in correlation among various asset classes in recent years
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Pension funds spend less than five hours a quarter on investments – survey
Aon Hewitt survey shows lack of time increasingly driving investors into arms of fiduciary managers
