Asset Allocation – Page 18
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NewsFrance’s FRR ramps up equities as investment horizon extended
Pension reserve fund estimates a median €1.8bn in extra value creation by 2033
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NewsChanging macro environments lead to asset allocation shift for SWFs
SWFs are actively reassessing their asset allocation strategies, seeking to reduce their exposure to duration risk, says Invesco report
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NewsBonus Pensionskasse cuts European and EM equities to boost returns
The scheme’s performance benefitted from reshuffling regional equity allocations, with a more robust weight to global equities
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NewsEvonik’s Pensionskasse revamps fixed-income portfolio
For the move, the pension fund held back on real estate and infrastructure investments
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NewsRWE Pensionsfonds strengthens cash flow investment strategies
The scheme has fine-tuned its strategic asset allocation after conducting ALM studies
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NewsNGOs announce ‘independent, science-backed’ taxonomy to raise EU game
New platform ‘not intended as critique of EU taxonomy’
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NewsPrevindai picks Mercer to review sub-funds’ strategies
The scheme could also consider setting up a new sub-fund, investing with a cautious approach, and a life-cycle option
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NewsInarcassa reshuffles global government bond portfolio
The scheme invests €2bn in government bonds, mainly in Italian fixed income
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NewsSOKA-BAU to kick off private debt investment programme
The strategic investment target is worth 5% of the total assets of ZVK and ULAK, the two funds under SOKA-BAU’s management
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NewsMonte dei Paschi scheme to make further investment in private markets
The pension fund has issued a tender for infrastructure, private debt and private equity
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NewsSDR enthusiasm is waning among managers, according to Morningstar
Managers are taking a ‘wait and see’ approach in adopting the SDR label due to stringent criteria of regime as well as UK-centric nature of labelling criteria
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NewsInvestor bodies urge new UK PM to ‘seize opportunities’ of net-zero transition
The IIGCC, UKSIF and the PRI wrote to UK prime minister Keir Starmer asking for renewed policy focus to boost competitiveness and decarbonise the real economy
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NewsCERN pension fund posts negative returns while other schemes rebound
Swiss pension funds achieved average net returns of 5.1% in 2023, according to Swisscanto
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NewsBayer Pensionskasse invests €950m in fixed income
The scheme pushed for investments in interest-bearing registered securities to keep the weight of the asset class stable in the long term
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NewsKENFO overshoots target return as it continues illiquids expansion
The pension posted a return of 11.1% in 2023, the highest annual return to date, compared with -12.2% in 2022, and against a target return of 4.2%
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NewsSwiss scheme expands credit investment to banks and infrastructure companies
LUPK’s funding ratio rose by 3.8 percentage points year-on-year, from 105.9% in 2022 to 109.7% in 2023
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NewsIntesa Sanpaolo DB fund picks managers for equities, bonds
Several mandates were re-tendered, with Eurizon Capital picked for bonds, Schroders for global equity, Azimut for European equity, and Pictet for US equity.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - August 2024
Joe Biden’s weakness was a lucky stroke for Donald Trump, who has shown similar symptoms for years. It remains to be seen what effect Kamala Harris has on the polls. Trump and his chosen VP are both proponents of weakening the USD.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - July 2024
Both US presidential candidates are slowly losing popularity, while staying very close in the polls. Trump seems to have more trouble than Biden getting through to the undecided. Trump’s legal troubles may yet hinder his candidacy, in particular among independents.
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FeaturesAnalysts push back on rate cuts
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell’s June press conference was, like most careful central bank-speak, open to interpretation. It was possibly slightly dovish with a hint of hawk. However, in the aftermath of the press conference, and following a few busy days of US economic data releases, many analysts have pushed back their forecasts for the number of interest rate cuts this year.
