Investor Strategy – Page 107
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News'Pensioner-heavy' Swiss scheme chooses duration risk over EM bonds
Pension fund for Sulzer decides against using part of risk budget for emerging market debt.
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NewsTesco launches in-house asset manager for £6bn pension fund
LGIM's Ian King appointed head of global equities, as LVAM's Steven Daniels serves as CIO.
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NewsDC pensions should follow DB schemes in adopting ALM strategies – EDHEC
DC offerings must be improved by implementing more guarantees, improving transparency.
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NewsLDI strategies see assets increase 30% despite lack of new mandates
KPMG survey finds UK pension funds in 'wait and see' mode in face of yield uncertainty.
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NewsChina Investment Corporation teams up with European investors on PE fund
New fund to raise as much as €2bn to invest in companies with strong growth potential in China.
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NewsNimbleness vital for multi-asset managers, report says
Extreme volatility of major asset classes had led to dramatic changes in best, worst performers.
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NewsSSgA offers 'bespoke LDI' for smaller pension schemes with pooled funds
Asset manager to launch single-stock physical gilt funds and single-stock leveraged gilt funds.
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NewsHenderson JV targets cross-border property for Italian pension funds
Investire Immobiliare deal to tap burgeoning appetite for investment outside domestic market.
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NewsGovernments speeding up public sector sales, but investors selective
Investors may overcome reluctance to buy public sector assets, but not in markets keenest to sell.
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NewsSpezialfonds win reprieve on dividend withholding tax
GERMANY – New regulations to affect €20bn of Germany's pension fund assets, says BVI.
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NewsUK foundations failing to maximise financial performance, report says
Report cites foundations' ability to tolerate volatility, work to longer investment horizons.
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NewsYorkshire pension fund invests in maiden private equity fund
South Yorkshire Pension Fund commits third of capital raised for fund targeting SMEs.
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NewsEmerging markets winning permanent place in institutional portfolios
FIL Investment Management says financial crisis has forced 'euro-centric' investors to diversify.
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NewsFormer Norwegian oil fund executives team up with Tiger on macro fund
New fund will aim to profit from volatility and turbulence in global markets.
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NewsSyntrus Achmea cuts Spanish government debt exposure
Recent announcements give impression government 'not in control of its finances'.
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NewsItalian pension fund to make first foray into private equity, real estate
Fondenergia to implement new strategy that will include alternatives for first time.
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NewsFrench pension fund to tender 10 SRI mandates, focus on alternatives
FRANCE – Civil servants scheme to implement socially responsible investment strategy this spring.
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NewsSovereign wealth funds must consider 'implicit liabilities', says EDHEC
Survey says SWFs could benefit from liability-driven approaches used by pension funds.
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NewsInstitutional investors to shift towards equities, EM debt
Nearly one-fifth of respondents to Aon Hewitt survey to boost allocations over next 18 months.
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NewsSovereign wealth funds' strategies 'limited by talent issue'
Alpha and alternatives strategies hampered by lack of time and talent, think tank says.
