Asset Allocation – Page 136
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NPRF partners with Chinese sovereign investor for technology fund
Irish reserve fund agrees $50m investment to be matched by China Investment Corporation
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Dutch banks, pension providers launch fund to finance local businesses
Organisers expect NL Ondernemingsfonds to reach more than €1bn in size
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NewsDanish pensions: A small and medium-sized victory
Government wins concessions on domestic investment after extending discount yield curve
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Denmark's PKA to expand pioneering ‘risk-premia’ strategies
Rates, currencies and commodities could be added to equities after study
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NewsDanish roundup: Lønmodtagernes Dyrtidsfond, Danica Pension
More than 150 fund managers apply for LD equity mandates
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Country ReportCroatian minister threatens contribution freeze for second pillar
Calls on country’s four funds to invest more heavily in capital, infrastructure projects
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Denmark's PenSam to expand in-house team after equity outperformance
Benny Burchardt Andersen expecting growth in size of provider’s in-house fixed income team
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Nearly one-quarter of institutionals to increase farmland investment – survey
Aquila survey highlights ongoing issues of track record, reputational risk
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Four-fifths of DC members in UK opt for default funds
NAPF annual survey finds wide range of annual management charges used by DC funds
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Vervoer to launch working group on illiquid assets next year
Dutch fund backed by Ilmarienen on selective approach to European equities as UMR Corem remains bullish on French shares
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NEST to add emerging market equities to investments for first time
UK trust puts out tender in search of managers to run two different strategies
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NewsLow interest rates pushing Nordics towards credit, alternatives
Kirstein survey explores investors’ alternatives to high-grade fixed income
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German institutions willing to increase risk but feel hindered, survey shows
Respondents believe they could improve returns by 100bps with fewer restrictions, Union says
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Norway to review active management at Government Pension Fund Global
Expert panel to review Norges Bank Investment Management’s historical performance
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FeaturesBe smart with smart beta
Stefan Dunatov emphasises the importance of consistency between strategy, investment beliefs and implementation when exploiting techniques like smart beta
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Finland's VER sees fixed income exposure fall as returns decline year on year
FINLAND – Returns at State Pension Fund fall over 4 percentage points year-on-year.
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Dutch grocery industry fund to raise European small cap allocation
NETHERLANDS – Levensmiddelen reports double-digit returns for 2012, outperforming benchmark.
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Is history quietly repeating itself?
With the system already as heavily leveraged as it was in 2007, markets are hanging on every word from Ben Bernanke. Dan James thinks this only adds to the feeling of déjà vu
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The fallacy of CB independence
Central banks are no longer independent of politics, argues Kommer van Trigt, and investors should take that into account
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A tragedy of small decisions
Bob Swarup and Dario Perkins look at the latest developments in the euro-zone crisis and warn that while history doesn’t repeat itself, it does rhyme.
