All illiquid assets articles – Page 4
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Opinion PiecesIlliquid assets could bring cost burden
Last month the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) closed its consultation on ‘Facilitating investment in illiquid assets’, which sought views on policy proposals and draft regulations designed to improve the accessibility of illiquid assets for defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.
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NewsNavigate private market complexity to achieve goals, trustees told
As the UK government urges DC schemes to invest in a wider range of illiquid assets, trustees are told not to fear the unfamiliar
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NewsGerman doctors scheme pushes through with illiquid assets switch
Targetted illiquid investments include real estate, infrastructure, private equity and private debt
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NewsDWP adds ‘disclose and explain’ proposals to DC illiquids boost agenda
Major DC consulation also reveals government plans to continue with charge cap reform despite opposition
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German pension funds plan higher exposure to alternative assets
VBL, BVK and ÄVWL disclose details of their alternatives portfolios
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NewsACCESS Pool picks adviser for illiquid assets
The first illiquid investment vehicles are expected to be launched in 2022/23
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NewsSwiss pension funds shift to private debt for illiquidity premia, says IFM
Pension funds are increasingly interested in the benefit of an open-ended structure
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UK roundup: Pub group hires fiduciary manager
Plus: DC market could allocate up to 40% to illiquids; Liontrust to acquire Majedie Asset Management
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Industry sceptical about DWP performance fee DC charge cap plan
Government consults on proposals to exclude performance fees from charge cap
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NewsFCA finalises rules for Long-Term Asset Fund regime
Regulator defines success as products being launched and DC schemes investing in them
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NewsPerformance fee work among ‘productive finance’ group action proposals
UK working group was convened by official sector to propose solutions to barriers to investment in less liquid assets
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Danish pension funds have room for yet more alternatives: Central bank
Higher allocations to unlisted equity, infra, direct credit, RE could tighten liquidity in rising interest-rate scenario, warns Danmarks Nationalbank
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FCA proposes new fund type for illiquids, highlights ‘ecosystem’ work
DC pension schemes a key target audience of the long-term asset fund (LTAF)
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NewsPerformance fee smoothing will ease DC illiquid investment ‘a little’
Bigger change will require other significant barriers to be tackled
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APG increases focus on Dutch investments
‘The current climate is especially suited for active investors’
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NewsAP Funds need same definition of illiquid assets, McKinsey tells Sweden
Swedish pensions buffer funds cut fossils exposure by between 51% and 100% in five years
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NewsACCESS pool plans illiquid assets consultant appointment
The appointed firm will assist the asset owner with the implementation of various illiquid asset structures
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NewsDC master trust NEST chooses Octopus for renewables partnership
‘A potential £1.4bn could be invested in total by the end of the decade’
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Budget: UK schemes to have more flexibility to invest in illiquid assets
The £375m UK-wide Future Fund will invest in highly innovative companies such as those working in life sciences, quantum computing, or clean tech
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ATP wins clearer ESG picture of illiquids after data gathering
DKK936bn pension fund to use new data for better engagement as well as in active management
