All Equities articles – Page 74
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Pension funds' ETF allocations driven by diversification, study shows
Schemes hold onto ETFs for 29 months on average – the highest of all institutions in Europe
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SNB's snap currency decision wipes out CHF30bn in pension assets
Swiss industry in shock after country’s central bank decides to cut peg between Swiss Franc and euro
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NewsAustrian pension funds return nearly 8% over 2014
Core European bonds, US equities main drivers of performance, says FVPK
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Schroders mimics insurance volatility cap with post-Budget DC strategy
UK fund manager creates multi-asset fund with downside risk management
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NewsCredit Suisse, UBS estimate 8% return for Swiss pension funds
Banks’ estimates considerably lower than recent calculation on behalf of ASIP
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Mandate roundup: IPE-Quest, Barnett Waddingham, Buck Consultants
Swiss pension fund tenders $70m equity mandate using IPE-Quest
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UK roundup: Threadneedle, Columbia, State Street
Threadneedle Investments to rebrand after merging with sister company Columbia Management
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NewsNordic pension fund tenders €100m global equity mandate
Applicants must offer segregated accounts able to cater to investor’s requirement to blacklist certain companies
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DC investors 'unaware' of true economic exposure from equities
Study shows UK DC investment funds have significantly higher emerging market exposure than geographical allocation
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Keeping it in the family
Germany’s Mittelstand shows why mom-and-pop shops, despite the risks, can create superior success from local networks and a longer-term view of their businesses. Joseph Mariathasan investigates
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Taking small-caps global
Brandes Investment Partners has been managing global small caps since 1997. “It’s a big pond with a lot of fish but very few anglers,” as director of investments Luiz Sauerbronn puts it.
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Northern exposure
While the Swedish stock market in general can be rather volatile, this goes to an even greater extent for Swedish small-caps. But as Caroline Liinanki finds, for those able to handle the short-term market movements investing in smaller Swedish companies has been a very profitable move
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Small & Mid-Cap Equities: The M&A effect
The M&A theme tends to be big in small-caps: these companies are growing, often via their own acquisitions; and becoming assets coveted by both LBO from below and large-caps from above. Our featured strategies feel its effects as both a blessing and a curse.
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Asset Class Reports
Investing In Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Focus from diversity
Rummaging through successful small-caps portfolios reveals a diversity of opportunity, finds Martin Steward. This diversity enables portfolio managers to express very well-defined styles in their portfolio risk
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Investing In Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Starved of capital
Central bank policies are heading for divergent paths. Joseph Mariathasan looks into the likely impact on small and mid-sized stocks, where valuations are already exhibiting marked differentiation
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Features
Asset Allocation - Fixed Income, Rates, Currencies: The big picture
The new year will surely see the US Federal Reserve finally raise target rates. When it does, it will be for the first time in six years – which is nearly a record
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Additional risk does not pay off over very long term, study shows
Larger allocation to ‘risky’ assets fails to produce higher returns on average over last seven years, PPCmetrics data shows
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Wellcome sees 15% return boosted by in-house capacity
UK’s largest charitable asset owner benefits from listing of private equity holdings
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NewsDanish pension fund tenders $110m small cap equity mandate
Scheme using consultancy Kirstein Finans in tender seeking active US equity manager
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Institutional investors to cut risk exposure with shift into value
Survey of institutional investors shows control over potential rate rises, positive outlook for equities
