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PostNL scheme introduces Paris Aligned Benchmark for CO2 reduction
The fund has already reduced its carbon footprint below a 1.5°C path, but remains invested in fossil fuels for now
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Special ReportSpecial Report – Outlook
It’s hardly news that inflation is high on asset owners’ minds right now. We asked eight seasoned asset allocators, CIOs and strategists the same question: how do you rate the chances of stagflation? And what to do about it?
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FeaturesFixed income, rates & currency: disappearing safe havens
Risk markets have been having a torrid time of late. ‘Risk-free’ government bond markets are not providing any safe havens in these storms, with curves steepening and considerable volatility in longer rates.
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Special ReportFour challenges for asset managers
Leading figures respond to key questions on ● Investment strategy ● ESG
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: tie executive pay to climate targets
AllianzGI and Cevian Capital take very different approaches to how we manage equity portfolios, but we are both long-term and active owners of companies. Following a series of conversations about how to best implement ESG criteria in our portfolios, we have found a common perspective.
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FeaturesIPE-Quest Expectations Indicator commentary June 2022
The longer Russia refuses to make concessions, the more it loses, both in territory and in ‘face’. The Russian army has suffered even more loss of face than the Russian government. Analysts believe Europe and the UK now run the most risk. Perhaps, but in a post-war environment, they stand to gain most from reconstruction works in the Ukraine as well as the energy transition speeding up at home.
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FeaturesQontigo Riskwatch - June 2022
* Data as of 29 April 2022. Forecast risk estimate for each index measured by the respective US, World and Emerging Markets Qontigo model variants
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NewsNetherlands’ Shell pension fund reduces private equity exposure
The €33bn DB pension fund sold part of its allocation to the asset class because it had exceeded its target exposure
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NewsBoE warns of challenges from war in Ukraine
Depressed equities, costs from migration, supply chain disruption and high inflation are some of the issues with which pensions must grapple
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NewsEnvironment Agency Pension Fund backs LOIM sustainable private credit strategy
Local authority pension fund commits to fund in context of its net-zero ambitions
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NewsGerman doctors scheme pushes through with illiquid assets switch
Targetted illiquid investments include real estate, infrastructure, private equity and private debt
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German BVV boosts private debt to finance renewables infra, real estate
The scheme has already reached target allocation for illiquid assets, but will conduct further allocations in the future ‘selectively’
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NewsESG roundup: Redington fintech develops ESG manager voting record tracker
Consultancy claims solution ’signals a material shift in providing holistic access to stewardship data points’
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BT Pension Scheme awards $1bn private equity mandate
DB pension fund sticks with Federated Hermes for third ‘Horizon’ allocation
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Investors look to tap wide private equity market for returns
Strong demand for private equity dates back before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic
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NewsDutch pension funds increase investments in high yield
On average, pension schemes in the country now have invested 11% of their fixed income allocation in the asset class
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NewsBVK to continue indirect real estate, stake investments
The fund’s strategic asset allocation for 2022 will see an increase to 28.8% in real estate (24.4% in real estate funds and REITs and 4.5% in direct investments)
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NewsKENFO considers adjustment to private markets portfolio
‘Private markets have some catching up to do for transparency and reporting’, says head of investment
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Asset Class ReportsEmerging markets: Global or local?
For emerging market strategies, it is difficult to establish a clear link between performance and local presence
