All Bayerische Versorgungskammer (BVK) articles
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NewsBVK joins Allianz, BlackRock and others in WIN-Initiative for start-up investments
The WIN-Initiative comes as German institutional investors opted to allocate €600bn in funds abroad over the past 10 years
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NewsGermany’s BVK joins private markets ESG Data Convergence Initiative
The scheme invests €12bn in private equity in North America, Europe and Asia
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Country Report
Swiss retirement is becoming more flexible
Swiss pension funds are starting to offer members greater flexibility in how they access their retirement savings in their old age
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NewsPeople moves: GAM names new group chief
Plus: Vontobel appoints co-CEOs; Aviva recruits environmental sustainability director
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NewsGermany’s BVK reappoints Access Capital Partners for private equity
The scheme is also planning to hire a sustainability expert
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NewsGermany’s BVK looks to expand investment grade bonds portfolio
Investment grade bonds have become ‘significantly more attractive’ because of increasing interest rates
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NewsPeople moves: Guy’s & St Thomas’ Foundation appoints CIO to run £1bn endowment
Universal Investment, EdenTree, Eastspring Investments, Guinness Global Investors, Redington, Gresham House, ThomasLloyd, AllianceBernstein, LifeSight, IGG, BVK, Aon, Mercer, Finanstilsynet, AMF
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NewsPeople moves: Candriam chief to join US mutual life insurer
SECOR AM, L&G, EdenTree, Amundi, LeapFrog Investments, Cartwright, Capital Cranfield, Folketrygdfondet, Hymans Robertson, Swiss Life, Allianz, BVK
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NewsPeople moves: Swiss APK seeks new CIO
Standard Life, iM Global Partner, Aon, 3173 Limited, Bfinance, Carmignac, LCP, PIMCO, Muzinich, XPS, Impax, Blue Sky Group, ABP, APK, BVK
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NewsBVK moves €83bn FoF assets to new Universal Investment management company
The assets moved to the new capital management company were held in a fund of funds managed as securities Spezialfonds
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NewsGerman investors strive for viable connection with private equity managers
BVK will prioritise private equity among its alternatives portfolio for the next 12 months
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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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NewsBVK to transfer €75bn to new Universal Investment management company
The new asset management company, called UI BVK KVG, will pool in total €150bn through funds of funds
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AnalysisAnalysis: German institutional investors still hesitant to invest in Asian equities
German institutional investors allocate around €624bn to equities, of which only €24bn (4%) to Japan, €4.9bn to China (0.77%) and €4.5bn to India (0.70%)
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NewsGerman pension funds plan higher exposure to alternative assets
VBL, BVK and ÄVWL disclose details of their alternatives portfolios
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NewsIPE Top 1000: Top funds shift assets to equities and alternatives
European pension assets top €9trn
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NewsBVK is first German pension fund to join Net-Zero AOA
UK-based Phoenix Group, Legal & General (L&G) group, Rothesay, and insurance group Prudential, also joined the climate alliance
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NewsSwiss cantonal Pensionskassen record funding ratio uptick in 2020
The funding ratio for the Canton Appenzell Ausserrhoden pension fund stood at 116.3%, topping the fully funded schemes’ list
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NewsSustainable forum: Experts press German government to embrace green finance
Plus: Picking the right ESG strategy; Social impact with private equity
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NewsGermany roundup: BaFin on ‘phase-out’ operations after Brexit
Plus: BVK institutions set up real estate company; DRV’s carbon neutral plan
