All diversification articles
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NewsVarma overtakes Ilmarinen in size after Q3’s narrower loss
Finnish pension insurers all see declining solvency levels by the end of September, reports show
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Five myths about alternative investments
Alternatives can help investors pursue their goals by being a source of new opportunities
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Pension funds ratchet up search for private market alternatives
At the same time new searches for listed equity and bond managers fell to new lows, with the exception of EM
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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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AMF generated 34% equities return amid portfolio restructuring
Blue-collar pension fund reports increase in solvency to 232% from 196%
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Iceland’s central bank governor backs greater foreign investment
Move could see €6.5bn shift to foreign managers
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Pension schemes look to ‘complex’ portfolio construction
APK Pensionskasse and HVB Trust Pensionsfonds talk about asset allocation during the IPE DACH Institutional Week forum
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PensionsEurope conference: PGGM yearns for switch to DC
‘We are in need of a new pension system to avoid investing to a very large extent in very long-dated euro government bonds or swaps to hedge our liabilities’
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: To kick or not kick the proverbial can down the road
With world leaders committing to reduced carbon emissions targets and with COP26 in November this year, achieving net zero is coming into sharper attention more than ever.
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Germany roundup: Metzler sets up Pensionsfonds for social partners
Plus: Sustainable Committee calls for Pensionkassen asset class diversification; Deutsche Telekom’s pension obligations rise
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Bouw pension fund to up real estate investments
The €70bn fund has €1.9bn available to invest in predominantly foreign real estate projects
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Survey: Portfolio diversification can help push return targets
The pandemic and low interest rate environments will likely exacerbate pressure on returns
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German investors urged to build up global portfolio to boost returns
Spezialfonds invest 15.7% in equities of German companies, compared to 2.4% in the MSCI AC World Index
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Finland’s Veritas says diversification hasn’t paid off this year
Labour-market pension fund reports 3.3% return in Q3, and minus 1.1% so far this year
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How the Howden Joinery pension fund navigated the global pandemic
The UK building supplies company had just signed off on a new long-term strategy when the pandemic hit
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UK’s NEST commits to ‘ambitious’ diversity and inclusion plan
The scheme wants at least three out of seven of its executive team to be women, and 50% of its leadership to be women, by 2025
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UK DC consultation encourages investment in VC, green infrastructure
The government is proposing amendments to the charge cap to accommodate performance fees
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Investing after the Corona Slump
What are the facts that we know and that we can rely on when thinking about portfolio construction?
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Strathclyde backs new life sciences venture fund
‘This is an equity investment which balances our portfolio in terms of diversification’
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Iceland’s LSR thanks own portfolio construction for COVID resilience
Pension fund giant reveals 3% return by end May, thanking weaker krona and domestic bond bounce
