Fixed Income – Page 41
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World Bank and $1.4trn GPIF to push sustainability via bond markets
UN Sustainable Development Goals provide backdrop to new partnership
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PKA invests DKK250m in Latin America, Africa micro-loans
CEO Damgaard Jensen says investment combines several of PKA’s key goals
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LPP pools £1.3bn credit assets for London and Lancashire schemes
Fourth pooled fund follows launch of infrastructure, private equity and global listed equity funds
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Asset owners seek to bring factor investing in-house: survey
Risk and return concerns ranked above costs when allocating to factor-based strategies
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator October 2017
Despite rising geopolitical tensions, there was no corresponding rise in negative sentiment in the most recent survey period. That does not mean there were no changes in sentiment trends; only that shifts were mostly slight
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BT plans indexation cut to reduce £9bn deficit
UK telecoms giant seeking clarity from courts as it attempts to address funding shortfall
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Funded pensions must prop up first pillar as wages stagnate: Rürup
German pensions expert warns against either/or approach to pay-as-you-go and funded systems
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DNB: 'Well-informed herd behaviour stabilises bond markets'
Investors just imitating each other’s investment decisions still has a distorting effect on the markets
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Dutch schemes failing on mortgage investment policies
Allocations to residential mortgages have grown substantially but schemes have not formed cohesive strategies
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator September 2017
Investment managers’ expectations have been welcomingly accurate throughout the year. For example, positive sentiment toward European equities began to rise sharply near the end of 2016, followed by a roughly 20% rise in 2017. Additionally, expectations for dollar strength have been falling since January, and the dollar index (DXY) was down nearly 10% year-to-date through the recent survey period. What are managers’ views as we enter the second half of 2017?
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Pensioenfonds VNU shakes up fixed income allocation
Scheme halves stake in government bonds in favour of mortgages, asset-backed securities and other fixed income assets
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Mandate roundup: Channel Islands, Border to Coast, IPE Discovery
European insurer puts out feelers via IPE Quest’s Discovery service
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Austria eyes second-pillar pension reform after election
Support builds for auto-enrolment and collective bargaining agreements similar to recent German reforms
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Equities underpin Spanish pension fund returns in Q2
Average allocations to cash rose in second quarter of 2017, INVERCO data shows
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NewsIPE August 2017 Expectations Indicator: Managers shift on Japan
Sentiment changed to positive outlook on Japanese equities for first time in several months
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Delta Lloyd scheme cuts gov bonds, shifts to credit in search of yield
Allocation to each asset class raised from 15% to 25% of matching portfolio
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NewsSwiss investor plans $50m private debt allocation via IPE Quest
Discovery search DS-2328 seeks manager for co-investment mandate
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Swiss postal scheme joins mortgage-lending trend
Mortgages to scheme members and third parties seen as attractive alternative to low-yielding bonds
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Fitch: Green bond fund sector prospects 'far from certain'
Passive funds and concentration risk pose threats to active management approaches to the emerging asset class
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Joseph Mariathasan: Greece – is there hope?
With the troubled country returning to bond markets, there may finally be reasons to be cheerful in south-east Europe
