All Equities articles – Page 24
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NewsItaly roundup: PreviAmbiente sets up new equity sub-fund
Plus: Inarcassa, Enpav expect positive returns in 2023; INPGI picks alternative investments funds
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Norway’s new northern fund to be separate from sovereign fund, panel advises
Working titles for proposed investment unit are ‘Government New Northern Fund’ and ‘Government Pension Fund Arctic’
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: December 2022
The Ukrainian offensives look to have petered out and a new initiative will be needed to maintain morale. The US government is once again gridlocked and another debt ceiling fight is likely. The EU seems ready even for a harsh winter, but there are signs of war fatigue. In the UK, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apparently learned from the Liz Truss debacle, quickly making the necessary political U-turns, in particular on climate change. Expectations for the COP27 meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh were low. Analyst views indicate increasing belief that the wave of interest rate increases is receding.
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Special ReportProspects 2023: Does zero China make sense?
Many investors are avoiding the People’s Republic, but they would do well to look at the reality
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Asset Class ReportsAsset class report – Equities
Factor investment strategies were once the ‘new black’ - scientific, quant driven approaches that could deliver the ‘smart beta’ nirvana of lower volatility returns and optimised exposure to robust return premia from small cap, value and quality stocks. Pundits always warned adopters that not all factors would perform all of the time - and indeed they didn’t. But investors are taking a fresh look at factor strategies now the extended spell of outperformance of growth stocks has passed, and value has reasserted itself.
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Is tracking error key to carbon reduction?
Passive investors may have to rethink their tracking error limits in the net-zero environment
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Factor investment strategies return to favour
After a few years of poor returns from factor investing, investors are again showing interest – but with more realistic expectations
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Asset Class ReportsEquities – Investing in the midst of Europe’s gloom
Healthcare and luxury brands are two sectors with potential to stand out in an otherwise gloomy macro environment
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NewsDanish teachers’ pension fund to shed €269m of fossil equities
Lærernes Pension tightens criteria for fossil fuel exclusions, after setting 2050 net-zero goal in June
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Asset allocation – factoring inflation
As inflation keeps beating records, real incomes remain under pressure and the standard approaches to diversification are challenged
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NewsAustrian Pensionskassen cut equities, up alternative investments in H1
Austrian Pensionskassen returned -8.78% in the first half of this year, down from 7.63% recorded in 2021
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Luxembourg’s FDC awards MFS €600m active emerging market equity mandate
The strategy’s goal is to outperform the MSCI Emerging Markets index with a controlled tracking error over a full market cycle
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Special ReportSpecial Report – Asia investment
Investors steadily withdrew from emerging Asia equity markets this year, taking nearly $30bn out of the markets in the seven months to the end of July, with six consecutive months of outflows. Tech-oriented Taiwan and South Korea were most affected and India was not unscathed.
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Special ReportAsia investment: Focus shift brings turmoil to emerging Asia equities
Enthusiasm about Asian equities has cooled on the back of global recession risk, geopolitics and inflation
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FeaturesMarket overview: German institutional investors manage uncertainty
At mid-year 2022, the volume of Spezialfonds – the German vehicle for professional investors – administered on Universal Investment’s platform was €498bn, a rise of around 5% year on year. On a six-month basis, however, and compared with the end of the booming stock year 2021, asset volumes were down around 3%.
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AP4 actively seeking companies planning sustainable energy change
Swedish pensions buffer fund explains work with thematic investments focusing on resource-intensive sectors
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Mandate roundup: Swiss scheme tenders CHF2.6bn in equities, bonds
Plus: APK seeks manager for CHF240m small, mid-cap equity mandate; Swiss Investor issues $150m infrastructure brief
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Corporate pension fund tenders mandates over €500m
Plus: Insurer in The Netherlands seeks EM manager for €250m brief
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Dutch pension funds sell €88bn in assets in rebalancing exercise
It is the biggest asset sale by pension funds in the country in any six-month period
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AP7 sticks with emerging markets overweight despite drag in H1
Swedish national pension fund’s product loses 11.6% between January and June – but still beats private-sector options
