All Equities articles – Page 42
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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 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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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
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NewsNorway’s sovereign fund seeks to allocate €6.3bn to private equity
The manager of the €944bn GFPG says the move would give it longer to build up holdings in pre-IPO firms
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No-deal Brexit move is ‘tantamount to pursuing recession’, strategist warns
Investors react as UK prime minister suspends parliament with just weeks to go before Brexit deadline of 31 October
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NewsNorway’s €944bn sovereign fund recommends shift out of European equities
GPFG could shift billions out of European stock markets and into the US and Canada if its manager’s recommendations are accepted by government
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London pension schemes abandon Allianz equity fund [updated]
Three LGPS funds within the London CIV asset pool have pulled their money out of an Allianz global equity vehicle
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Chart of the Week: Equity returns drive LGPS investment gains in 2018-19
Local authority funds for Lancashire and Kensington & Chelsea reported the strongest returns among LGPS funds, as alternatives investors also posted double-digit gains
