Investor Strategy – Page 114
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NewsSwisscanto sees 'major structural changes' in Swiss pension fund portfolios
Fixed income portfolios will see more FX hedging and corporate bonds, asset manager says.
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NewsBeware of policies striving for macroeconomic stability – IMF
Solvency II, Basel III could make institutional investors more like 'short-term' investors.
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NewsPension funds drawn to infrastructure for three reasons, says OECD
Organisation cites large pipeline of deals, maturity of schemes and improved regulation.
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NewsSwitzerland's Publica to offload €910m mortgage portfolio
Country's largest pension scheme says asset ill-suited to low interest-rate environment.
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NewsLow yields forcing UK pension funds to revise LDI triggers, experts say
Move is sign of increasing concern that bond yields could remain low for some time.
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News€29bn Ilmarinen retrenches to Finnish, German bonds
Finnish pension insurance company changes euro-zone sovereign fixed income strategy.
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NewsInstitutional investors turning to private equity as source of alpha
Survey by SEI, Greenwich Associates shows more stringent standards on reporting, risk management.
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Turbulence to push pension funds toward LDI, fiduciary management, says BlackRock
Head of UK institutional business expects interest in alternatives, illiquid assets.
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NewsLegal & General Investment Management launches flexible pooled LDI platform
Platform offers smaller pension schemes flexibility of bespoke structures used by larger schemes.
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Polish experts critical on pensions infrastructure proposal
POLAND – Several experts in Poland have condemned as unrealistic a proposal to invest pension contributions in infrastructure. It was tabled by the labour minister, Jolanta Fedak.
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NewsBuyout market holds course - Mercer
Bulk annuity prices remain stable as bond yields have only fallen a little.
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NewsNordic investors keen to increase allocations to hedge funds – survey
Only 2% of respondents to SEB Nordic Hedge Fund Investor Survey plan to cut allocations.
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NewsEuropean pension funds adopt 'wait and see' approach to market turmoil
Large Dutch pension funds refrain from sudden changes in investment policies.
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NewsPension funds to increase commodities allocations – Hermes
Schemes set to increase 'under-represented' asset class from allocations of 3-5%.
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NewsUSS sees funding level recover, plans spin-off of in-house investment team
Funding level rises by 7 percentage points, with scheme now managing £32.2bn (€36.3bn) in assets.
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NewsIMA sees industry moving toward multi-asset for DC default funds
Organisation says 'intellectual capacity' must be redeployed to help with new fund approaches.
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NewsPoor pension fund assumptions led to London agency's insolvency – report
Assumption that new tourist agency would take on Visit London's liabilities was 'madness'.
