All Equities articles – Page 38
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Special ReportETFs for ESG: Corporate governance for passive investors in Japanese equities
The Japanese economy has been experiencing significant and positive change since the election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2012. After a sustained period of economic stagnation, Japan’s return to growth is being fuelled by Abe’s transformative economic policies.
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NewsLGPS Central launches £2bn multi-factor equity climate fund
The initial investment comes from two of the nine local authority pension funds in the asset pooling vehicle
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Scope of Norway’s SWF oil divestment shrinks still further
Finance ministry gives go-ahead for gradual NOK54bn equities sell-off
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AP2 puts China asset managers under close human rights scrutiny
Swedish pension fund claims pioneer status with first report on its work on human rights
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Asset Class ReportsSmall & mid-cap equities: Public or private markets?
Public markets are shrinking while private markets are attracting huge amounts of capital. But it is still not clear which is the better bet
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Asset Class ReportsThe small-cap conundrum
Academic studies have cast doubt on the existence of a premium for investing in small-cap stocks
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Asset Class ReportsESG awareness grows
Smaller companies are realising they must keep up with ESG and impact-investing standards to remain successful
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UK roundup: LGPS pool names managers for £2bn sterling credit fund
Plus: Master trust The People’s Pension is allocating to an ‘adaptive cap’ equity index managed by SSGA
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NewsLGPS asset pool tenders sustainable equities mandate for up to £1.5bn
Brunel Pension Partnership says it will be looking for managers whose approach ‘embraces the vision of sustainable economic growth’
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NewsUK schemes preparing for endgame with equity cuts and liability hedges
Aon survey shows pension funds are stepping up de-risking activity and allocating more to alternative asset classes
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Varma ploughs €200m into ESG-themed ETF
Former senior AP2 and AP3 staff to sit on a five-person board to decide on exclusions for the Legal & General fund
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PFA sheds Chinese coal stocks in latest climate purge
Danish fund divests seven companies and puts another seven under observation as part of its semi-annual portfolio climate review
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Netherlands roundup: KAS Bank sacks BlackRock from €100m mandate
Plus: The €700m Equens pension fund has opted to transfer to Centraal Beheer, insurance company Achmea’s consolidator subsidiary
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ESG roundup: AP Pension cuts tobacco from €15bn portfolio
Plus: MSCI to buy Zurich-based environmental fintech and analytics firm Carbon Delta to boost climate risk offering for institutional investors
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Industriens backs €200m sustainable fund from LGT
LGT’s Sustainable Equity Global fund focuses on financially strong sustainable companies
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Local authority pension pool seeks ‘exceptional’ small cap managers
Brunel Pension Partnership looking to appoint two to three managers to run portions of a £365m portfolio
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Insurer adds $130m large cap search on IPE Quest [updated]
Asset owner wants an active or ‘enhanced’ process, and implementation via a segregated account
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Insurer tenders $130m global mid and small cap mandate via IPE Quest [updated]
Asset owner seeks a high-conviction, concentrated strategy to be implemented via a segregated account
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: September 2019
Market sentiment has split in two. For the euro-zone and the US, there was a correction that did not affect trends and equities are still favoured. In the UK and Japan, sentiment is moving towards favouring bonds
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Chart of the Week: The UK’s biggest asset managers
LGIM, Insight and BlackRock are increasing their dominance over the UK institutional pensions market, according to IPE research
