All Equities articles – Page 7
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: Emerging and frontier market equities managers 2025
The IPE Emerging & Frontier Market Equities Survey 2025 captures €789bn in assets managed in emerging market and frontier market equities by 49 global and European asset managers.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - April 2025
Since 1900, the US has waged numerous wars but has won only three without allies. This is the sobering background for recent US geopolitical policy moves: changing sides from Ukraine to Russia, interfering in German elections and behaviour at the NATO ministerial meeting.
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InterviewsEuropean pension funds, APK and Ilmarinen, stay loyal to emerging markets
Despite poor returns and rising geopolitical tensions, pension funds are maintaining some level of exposure to emerging markets – and even anticipate that opportunities will emerge
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Country ReportA long-term view on German institutional investment
A 10-year Spezialfonds analysis of German institutional funds highlights how significantly the institutional investment landscape has evolved
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NewsState Street loses £28bn of The People’s Pension’s assets to Amundi and Invesco
State Street has previously managed all of the master trust’s assets worth £32bn
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NewsVelliv drops active equity, alts teams ahead of new CIO, as strategy turns index
Alternatives chief Christoph Junge surprised when whole alts team was made redundant yesterday; Velliv to cut external manager costs
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NewsAMF returns 7.1% after boosting equity weighting, switching up real estate
Swedish blue-collar pension fund produced a 16.3% gain on equities in 2024, with alternatives returning 5%
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NewsUnigestion joins forces with Kepler Cheuvreux to launch new asset manager
The collaboration aims to manage over €3bn in assets, marking a significant step for both groups in the liquid asset management market
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NewsHandelsbanken, Nordea win new mandates for Swedish premium pensions
Swedish FTN reveals winners in award of Nordic equity fund mandates, including two funds new to the platform
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NewsDutch scheme ABP sells Alphabet and Meta stocks
The Dutch civil service scheme retains a pocket of corporate bonds from both companies for now
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NewsDB to DC switching triggers more non-pension equity investing too, CBS professor finds
‘By shaping their members’ understanding of capital markets, pension funds can contribute to deeper markets,’ says Jesper Rangvid
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AnalysisBlackRock funds’ voting blunder exposes flaws in stewardship and fund design
Vague stewardship reporting rules and poor design of pooled funds meant BlackRock’s clients did not exercise their influence
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NewsFondaereo selects asset managers as it sets up new sub-funds
The scheme is selecting managers to invest assets worth €265m
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NewsAP7 posts 27.3% return after ‘fantastically good year’
Swedish premium pension default fund reports leverage and weaker krona magnified strong stockmarket last year
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NewsDeepSeek’s arrival increases risk for passive investors
But it provides upside for companies that use AI applications, or are keen to start doing so, according to investment experts
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator - February 2025
The erosion in trust in the US is promoted by its refusal to participate in a proposed trigger force in Ukraine. In response, European defence expenses are rising, in particular in Poland, the Baltics and Scandinavia.
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ResearchIPE institutional market survey: European equities managers 2025
The IPE European Equities Survey 2025 captures €1.71trn in assets managed in European equities by 55 global and European asset managers. Of this, €615bn is invested on behalf of European institutions.
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Asset Class ReportsEuropean equities: Bargains or bear traps amid global headwinds?
Despite record valuation gaps with the US, investors remain cautious about European equities. Political turmoil, geopolitical risks, and fears of tariffs under Trump’s presidency cast a shadow, while fund managers pivot toward stock-specific opportunities
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InterviewsECP Asset Management: An Australian approach to concentrated equity portfolios
The 2020s will likely be remembered as a period of high stock market concentration, similar to the decade of ‘nifty fifty’ stocks, which propelled the US market in the years before the 1973 crash.
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AnalysisAsian emerging markets on the rise
Investors are taking note of investment opportunities in Asia in a variety of different ways, as new research shows
