Fixed Income – Page 53
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Friends Life mandate with AXA IM handed over to Aviva Investors
Friends Life was one of UK’s largest insurers before its takeover by rival Aviva
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Concern over pension-fund shadow banks 'exaggerated', PIMCO says
Institutional investors have little in common with unregulated banks, asset manager says
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NewsIcelandic pension funds agree to finance $300m silicon metal plant
Local pension funds to offer part of financing required for factory in country’s north
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Transport for London pension fund drops LGIM for BlackRock
Pension scheme for transport workers hands over majority of assets to BlackRock in LDI, passive equity mandates
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Switzerland's AHV drops soft commodities due to 'political sensitivity'
First-pillar fund’s future commodity investments to include energy, precious metals only
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CPPIB acquires GE private placement arm in $12bn deal
Canadian fund agrees to purchase Antares Capital to create platform for investment in US middle-market lending
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PPF 'disappointed' with UK pension funds' lack of interest in LDI
Chief executive says number of UK schemes using LDI contributed to lack of funding improvement since 2005
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APK calls for ‘scenario testing' over traditional valuation methods
Christian Böhm says QE making traditional valuation difficult, calls for assets to be evaluated for ‘sensitivity’ to scenarios
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PFZW demands ‘change in mentality’ over carbon emissions approach
Pension fund says its 2020 target to halve carbon emmisions should help create a more sustainable world
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Special ReportRegulatory environment still weighted against Europe's ABS market
The European market for asset-backed securities has ample potential but suffers as a result of an unfavourable regulatory regime
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Sampension reports record Q1 return driven by low interest rates
Pension fund says ECB purchase programme boosting fixed income portfolio helped produce strong quarterly position
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Publica returns boosted by equities, corporate bonds
Swiss public pension fund says 2014 returns would have been 8.9% if not for approach to hedging
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UWV scheme ups risk profile in favour of liquid assets
Change in asset allocation towards equity and mortgage bonds follows survey into participants’ risk appetite
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Royal Mail maintains pension surplus on back of strong Gilt returns
Increased surplus comes despite comparable increase in liabilities of £1.3bn across both funds
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European supervisors call for more coherent securitisation framework
Joint report by supervisors calls for policymakers to align disclosure, due diligence framework for all institutional investors
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Royal London wins £250m credit mandate from South Yorkshire scheme
Mercer-led search yields 33 offers
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Denmark's ATP returns 6% despite 'unusual' markets
Chief executive praises Danish equity holdings as commodities, inflation risk classes see losses
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Features
Asset Allocation: The big picture
Although the severe winter did have a significant impact on US economic activity in the first quarter, the strength of the headwinds from a stronger dollar and the collapse in capital spending within the energy sector have also taken their toll
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Finland's VER returns 7.4%, names managing director
Strong equity returns offset by fixed income portfolio’s results of 1.8%
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Norwegian sovereign fund reports record quarterly return
Fund sees inflows from Norwegian government fall further in Q1 on back of low oil prices
