Asset Allocation – Page 133
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FeaturesNow for the hard work
The credit crunch has finally exploded in the face of European pension funds. Georg Inderst looks at the problems this has created as investment managers make asset allocation decisions and offers potential solutions
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FeaturesHedging in practice
The focus of liability driven strategies has so far largely been on interest rate and inflation risk. Solutions to longevity risk have been slow both in creation and take-up, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Special ReportSupervision of Portugal’s market
New regulations came into force last year. Gert Verheij assesses their implementation at a challenging time for pension funds and their sponsors
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Two paths to passive tactics
There are more and more ways to access passive investment strategies – in terms of fund types, approaches to benchmark replication and the range of providers. Here, Liam Kennedy looks at sampling and synthetic approaches to indexation
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FeaturesThe yoke of uncertainty
In ‘Much Ado About Nothing’, William Shakepseare describes a February face as “full of frost, of storm and cloudiness”. The turning of the year has certainly done little to lift the mood of institutional investors. After briefly warming to risky assets at the end of 2008, 2009 has begun with ...
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Doing it whose way?
Frank Sinatra’s career was famously long-lived. It was also notable for a series of farewell concerts, at one of which the singer collapsed on stage. He was 78 at the time and died at 82. For DB pension funds, seeing members over 80 at annual pensioner meetings is not unusual, ...
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Dorset adds £30m to internal UK equity manager
[16:20 CET 26-01] UK – Dorset County Council Pension Fund has been advised to increase the assets run by its internal UK equity manager by £30m (€32m), to pull its overall UK equities portfolio back towards the strategic target allocation.
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NewsBrent to up infrastructure assets by 5%
[16:40 CET 08-01] UK – The London Borough of Brent is looking to increase its exposure to infrastructure in its £400m (€436m) local government pension scheme (LGPS).
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FeaturesInnovation: Used, misused and abused
In the third in a series of articles on a new report, Amin Rajan laments that alpha has been everywhere except in performance numbers
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BVK keeps long and short strategy
The pension fund of the Canton of Zurich (BVK) has been investing in commodities since August 2006 when it decided to allocate 4% of its portfolio to commodities. Its strategic exposure consists of seven individual commodity investments in three sub-categories. At end-June 2008 a collateralised commodity index note accounted ...
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FeaturesViews on the year to come
We asked ten CIOs and other senior figures at international assset management firms: ‘Where will investment opportunities lie in 2009?’
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Glasgow university seeks actuarial and admin support
[16:55 CET 18-12] UK – The University of Glasgow is seeking one or more providers for actuarial and consultancy services and scheme administration and related services for its pension scheme for non-academic staff.
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NewsKensington seeks custodian and increases equities
[15:40 CET 05-12] UK – The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) is seeking a global custodian for its £409.6m (€478.9m) local government pension fund.
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NewsHammersmith prepares for 2009 adviser search
[13:15 CET 03-12] UK – The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham is to begin looking for a new investment consultant for its £432m (€512m) pension fund, to be appointed early next year.
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Shropshire to add second global bond portfolio
[17:20 CET 01-12] UK – Shropshire County Council is seeking a fund manager to runs a second global bond portfolio for its £750m (€890m) pension fund.
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Nottingham signs Barnett Waddingham
[16: 40 CET 24-11] UK – Nottingham County Council has appointed Barnett Waddingham to take over responsibility for actuarial services from Mercer Consulting.
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SSgA wins Hillingdon's multi-asset mandate
[14:00 CET 19-11] UK – The London Borough of Hillingdon has appointed State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) to run a passive multi-asset portfolio for its £504.3m (€599m) pension fund.
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Special ReportLong on intentions but short on deliverables
In the first of a series of articles on a new study, Amin Rajan argues that Europe’s pension landscape is not fit for purpose post the credit crisis
