All Equities articles – Page 76
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NewsLGPS funds could consider legal action over mandatory passive shift
South Yorkshire fund weighs becoming collective vehicle for other LGPS funds should new UK government choose shift to passive investment
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Irish regulator rejects calls to water down funding standard for DB schemes
Pensions Authority says relaxing funding standard in wake of quantitative easing would give ‘false impression’ of economic reality
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Largest Dutch schemes blame 'extreme' ECB policy for funding drop
Quarterly returns up to 11.8% fail to offset increasing liabilities, as funds signal they will file new recovery plans
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Strathclyde slashes equities in shift to ‘enhanced yield’ strategies
UK’s largest LGPS moves away from 70% equity allocation to absolute return, hedge funds and debt
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NewsSwedish roundup: Kåpan, Kyrkans Pensionskassa
Pension fund for the Swedish Church sees returns hit nearly 20%, after returns of 4.4% in 2013
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Norwegian oil fund adopts ‘broad criteria’ for climate change exclusion
Government accepts policies from independent report, will not implement sector-based divestment from oil, gas
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Mandate roundup: Dorset County, Wiltshire Pension Fund, Loomis Sayles
Dorset pension fund targets two managers for £480m in global active, smart-beta equity strategies
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Asset Class ReportsSwitzerland’s AHV tenders CHF500m global equity portfolio
First-pillar fund announces tender worth more than half of current small-cap exposure
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Bonds, alternatives drive 12% return at DAX-listed company schemes
Liabilities on rise together with assets, consultancies warn
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Polish pension funds look to UK, German equities after reform
Local OFEs to grow share of overseas equities in wake of reform requiring 75% minimum exposure to equities
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Lothian implements £300m strategy change as funding level drops
Scottish LGPS shifts more investment strategies in-house, sees funding level drop to 91% after actuarial valuation
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Mandate roundup: Lancashire, Horeca, Northern Trust, ECB, Deloitte
Local government scheme makes appointments to transition management framework after partnership agreement with London fund
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Norwegian oil fund sees double-digit property returns as oil revenue slumps
Sovereign fund continues to diversify away from Europe as it invests in Ghana, Mauritius
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Rising management costs see PPF consider in-house team
UK lifeboat fund expects management costs to rise by one-third as it pushes into alternative assets
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Santander pension fund closes in on £10bn after 18% return
UK scheme for banking group makes raft of property purchases, implements new hedge fund strategy
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Dutch SME initiative says pension funds put off by lack of scale
Ondernemend Oranje Kapitaal director also cites company’s legal structure, lack of track record
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Norwegian sovereign fund returns 10.7% despite oil price crash
Fund sees returns of 10.6% from equity portfolio despite value of Oslo-listed energy firms falling by one-quarter in Q4
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ATP, PensionDanmark, Danica invest DKK1bn in SME loan fund
Other pension funds invited to join, lending to firms with DKK50m+ sales
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Special ReportSmart beta: equities and beyond
As soon as one starts edging out of traditional asset classes, identifying market beta – let alone the ‘smart’ version –becomes more and more difficult
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Features
Equity buy-write strategies: A bridge into the equity world for the yield-starved
David Turner explores the potential of ‘buy-writing’ as equity-income enhancer and bonds proxy
