All Equities articles – Page 33
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Swiss investor issues up to $500m in IPE Quest search
Plus: Benelux-based fund launches nine ‘Discoveries’ worth a combined €143.5m
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Italy roundup: Monte dei Paschi scheme seeks ESG, financial advisers
Plus: PreviAmbiente issues garantito mandate, Mario Negri tenders US equities, Fondo Creval searches DB manager
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NewsUK workplace pension scheme invests in LGIM’s new low carbon funds
LGIM’s new fund range will enable pension schemes to manage their climate risk exposure by investing in low-cost equity funds
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - March 2021
Vaccination figures are rising steadily, but are still at a relatively low level. The US and UK, both important vaccine producers, lead the field with the EU and Japan lagging. As the speed of vaccination has increased, supplies have become a problem, except in the UK. This has caused bad feelings in the EU to the point where a trade war was threatened. New vaccines are in the regulatory pipeline but market shares have largely already been divided in the developed countries. The discovery of new COVID-19 mutations and their resistance to vaccines are an additional risk.
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Asset Class ReportsAsset class report – European equities
The roll out of COVID vaccines has brightened the outlook for European large caps facing a changed landscape
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Asset Class ReportsEuropean Equities – Small caps lead recovery
European smaller companies have proven more resilient against COVID effects than their large counterparts
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AP1’s new CEO applauds team’s gutsy mindset
Swedish pensions buffer fund matches AP3’s return and narrowly beats AP4 in 2020 with 9.7% gain
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NewsEuropean stimulus package arriving by snail mail, laments Veritas CIO
Varma CIO says investment market not reacting to vaccine delay, variations
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ERAFP retenders €475m in domestic equity mandates
French civil servant pension fund is renewing the mandates
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LD picks Federated Hermes for EM equities; launches ABS tender
Danish pension fund manager completed equities procurement round, and has two credit mandates yet to tender
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NewsAP2: Value strategy hit 2020 return, but makes long-term sense
Swedish national pension fund posts 3.5% return — less than half of its long-term average
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Denmark’s P+ divests 12 stocks where influence attempts are ‘hopeless’
Global mining companies Freeport-McMoran and Barrick Gold account for most of sell-off
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NewsAMF says 2020 strengthened the case for RE, alternatives
Swedish pension fund reined in equity exposure on signs of Spring turmoil, says CIO
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USS’s asset management arm names new strategic equities head
The current £11.4bn portfolio overseen by transition manager BlackRock will be taken back in house
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Norwegian municipal pension funds reap 6% 2020 return
Real estate, bonds also produced good gains for local authority funds, says lobby group chief
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2021
Interest has shifted from contamination and mortality data to vaccination figures. In this field, the US and UK are doing well, while the EU and Japan are lagging. Political risk is perceived to have gone. Donald Trump’s tendency to self-destruct is creating opportunities for the Republican Party to heal while Democrats are preparing an economic support package.
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FeaturesBriefing: Active ways to prosper in EMs
On the battlefield on which active managers fought their passive enemies for investors’ custom, there was one patch of higher ground that seemed easier to defend – emerging market equities.
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FeaturesAhead of the curve: Has the period of painless diversification ended?
With interest rates falling to historical lows the reality of a new financial landscape is confronting investors. It is one where the typical relationships between assets has come into question. In addition, basic ideas around diversification and portfolio construction no longer seem to match with the available investment opportunities.
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Asset Class ReportsValue equities: Dead or alive?
Today’s realities and intangibles have changed the face of value
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Industriens posts 5.1% return after hard year for its unlisted assets
CEO reports “good returns” from both Danish and foreign equities in 2020
