All Covid-19 articles – Page 14
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SWFs keep risk exposure during pandemic
Investors were already either overweight cash or underweight equities before March 2020
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Germany yet to decide on interest rate adjustment for 2021
Investors may face a low interest rate environment for a longer period of time
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UK roundup: TPR pipes up over inter-DC transfers; ‘Cross-country’ PRT deal
Plus: Co-op Pace pension fund de-risks again with Aviva in £350m deal
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Montae: ‘COVID-19 will increase pressure for local investment’
Workers in critical financial need should be given the option to take out a lump sum from their pension entitlements
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Swiss pension funding levels recover after falling below 100%
Returns reached -3.9% at the end of April compared to 10.6% in 2019
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UK COVID-19 toll understated, but long-term factors crucial, say consultants
‘Periods of austerity can correlate with a slowdown in life expectancy improvements’
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Private markets roundup: bfinance sees increase in Q1 manager searches
Plus: Setter Capital survey shows managers expect a 18.5% decrease in fundraising
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AMF injects €10.8m to cash-strapped Swedish auto supplier
Lenders required capital raise as part of loan extension for pandemic-hit Haldex
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: ESG as the new normal
The recent impact of the COVID-19 virus outbreak will only accelerate ESG adoption
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Value investing – bruised but not broken
The structural driver of value equity stragegies remains intact, according to the founder of Research Affiliates
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Investors embrace German green bonds plan
The government will have to ensure that proceeds from the bonds will flow only into green projects
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Norway’s new NOK50bn Government Bond Fund makes first investments
Manager of SWF’s smaller element posts 11.7% loss for Q2
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Investor groups urge regard for climate crisis in recovery planning
IIGCC, PRI and others call on G20 and others to ‘accelerate the net-zero transition’
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Germany pursues sustainable finance plan for EU presidency
Expert committee working to deliver results for government
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Bring forward climate investments, Danish pension chiefs urge
Pension funds ready for large investments that can help economy, say Mortensen and Polack
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Sweden roundup: Alecta, Skandia look beyond Q1
Alecta notes April rebound, Skandia sees Q2 as the real reveal
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Opinion Pieces
Letter from US: Short-term relief, long-term pain
The COVID-19 pandemic is having an immediate and transparent impact on American defined contribution plans. But it also has implications for defined benefit plans in the long run
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Opinion Pieces
Pandemic quickens existing trends
It was probably inevitable that many would declare that the Covid-19 pandemic changes everything. The only question was how that sentiment would be expressed
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Interviews
On the record: Dispatches from the pandemic
IPE asked European pension funds how the COVID-19 outbreak has changed their lives
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Opinion Pieces
Market disconnects have widened
Thanks to a remarkable comeback in April, equity markets have partly offset the collapse that took place as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.