Fixed Income – Page 52
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Covenant quality of high-yield bonds dips to weakest level in July
Moody’s reports large proportion of ’covenant lite’ deals among issuers of North American bonds
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KLM schemes diversify into residential mortgages
Funds for Dutch airline also continue backing private equity despite pension sector’s retreat from asset class
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NewsDanish fund sees UK court back €700m case against failed Portuguese bank
TDC Pension among institutional claimants including New Zealand’s pension reserve fund
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Greek uncertainty causes blip in Spanish returns
Spanish occupational schemes rebounded from losses caused by Greek uncertainty by July
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Latvian first-half pension returns positive despite second-quarter downturn
Equity-biased funds continued to generate the highest returns
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Irish pension assets increase nearly 20% over 2014
Quantitative easing almost reversed the status quo of pension investment strategy, says Irish Association of Pension Funds
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ING scheme sees second-quarter losses of 12.4%
Dutch fund reports negative returns across almost entire portfolio, excluding private equity holdings
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EAPF prioritises private debt over hedge funds in alternatives push
Fund returns 15.1%, overhauls investment strategy as it lowers equity exposure
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French scheme tenders €60m fixed income mandate using IPE Quest
Fund seeking manager for global inflation-linked mandate
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UK pension funds flirting with 40% bond allocation – UBS GAM
Average scheme returns 11.7% over 2014, with real estate and government bonds offsetting weak UK equities
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Swiss pension funds see first-quarter gains wiped out by June
Credit Suisse Pensionskassenindex says all but one asset class saw losses over course of second quarter
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PPF's in-house management decision not motivated by costs – CIO
Chief investment officer denies external manager costs behind drive to in-source investment management
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Buffer fund reform could 'destroy' successful system, AP4 warns
Managing director Mats Andersson suggests reform could lead to political interference, short-termism
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NewsNEST quadruples return amid shift to single-asset mandates
State-backed scheme increases assets by 300%, doubles membership over last financial year
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NewsClimate bond market grows by 20%, boosted by growth in green bonds
State of market report by Climate Bonds Initiative shows transport continues to dominate
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
This year looks like it could be remembered as the Bund sell-off year, or perhaps even the Bund Blowback, with one of the intraday price falls larger than any recorded (by Bloomberg) in the past quarter century
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AnalysisAnalysis: How NEST wants to shape the future of retirement
Taha Lokhandwala studies the details of NEST’s planned at-retirement investment and decumulation strategy
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Asset manager involvement in lending market raises 'new risks' – BIS
Mandates can give rise to ‘leverage-like behaviour’ that amplifies financial stress, Bank for International Settlements warns
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ECB to ‘act as backstop’ to protect markets from Greek default contagion
Asset managers call for calm in euro-zone despite expected Greek default
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Belgian pension fund OGEO increases assets to more than €1bn
Municipal employees scheme brings assets in-house but sees returns drop for second consecutive year
