Investor Strategy – Page 137
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Risk management must incorporate ‘human biases’ - paper
[16:25 CEST 15-09] GLOBAL – Risk managers are being advised to take more notice of the ‘human’ element when investing in the financial markets, as white paper research suggests economic theory cannot truly work unless it incorporates human emotional traits.
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Two-thirds of UK workforce ‘unpensioned’ - TUC
[17:35 CEST 14-09] UK - Coverage of defined contribution (DC) schemes is not growing fast enough to fill the gap left by the continuing closure of defined benefit (DB) schemes, leaving two-thirds of the private sector workforce without a pension, according to data from the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
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Ascoop returns 7.29% to July
[16:55 CEST 14-09] SWITZERLAND – The CHF2bn (€1.3bn) multi-employer fund for the Swiss transport industry is back on positive ground with its old strategic allocation.
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Vauxhall pensions ‘unlikely to change’ after GM Europe sale
[17:40 CEST 11-09] UK – GM’s decision to sell its Vauxhall subsidiary to the Canadian company Magna International, along with its German operation Opel, is very unlikely to affect the Vauxhall pension schemes, according to officials at the UK car manufacturing group.
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Strathclyde completes strategy review
[16:55 CEST 11-09] UK – The £8.39bn (€9.6bn) Strathclyde pension fund is considering the creation of a "new opportunities" portfolio following the conclusion of the triennial review of its investment strategy and structure.
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Swedish AP funds join sustainability initiative
[15:45 CEST 11-09] SWEDEN/NORWAY – The four Swedish AP pension buffer funds are among 13 institutional investors that have signed up to the Sustainable Value Creation Initiative (SVC) to encourage companies to adopt good governance of sustainability issues.
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East Riding of Yorkshire seeks investment manager
[17:15 CEST 09-09] UK - East Riding of Yorkshire Council has launched a tender for investment management services for one-third of its pension fund portfolio, equivalent to £500m (€568m).
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Global downturn knocked 21% off London fund
[17:10 CEST 09-09] UK – The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) scheme dropped £551m (€625.9m) in the year to 31 March 2009 to reach £3.02bn, as the global economic downturn caused the asset values of its investment portfolios to plummet.
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Hillingdon seeks global infrastructure manager
[17:10 CEST 08-09] UK - The London Borough of Hillingdon Pension Fund has launched a tender for a manager to run a global infrastructure mandate.
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Hampshire targets UK property in next 12 months
[17:30 CEST 07-09] UK – Hampshire County Council is looking to almost double its pension fund's exposure to UK commercial property over the next year to meet the 8% target allocation agreed before the market downturn.
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Collaboration improves pension benefits - report
[16:50 CEST 04-09] GLOBAL – Pension fund boards may be able to deliver improved returns and lower costs if they collaborate with other, larger, parties to provide enhance benefits over time, and if they apply governance structures with higher expertise, claims a report examining pensions and healthcare regimes across the ...
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Swiss analysts dismiss pension funds’ stabilising role
[16:00 CEST 04-09] GERMANY/SWITZERLAND – Swiss financial analysts disagree with their German counterparts about the stabilising role of pension funds in turbulent markets, a survey commissioned by Allianz has found.
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Hammersmith and Whitbread reveal strategic decisions
[15:30 CEST 04-09] UK – The London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham has decided against adopting a currency hedge strategy for its £438.5m (€503.4m) pension fund, but will keep the option under review.
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Avon tweaks bond strategy
[15:15 CEST 04-09] UK – Avon Pension Fund has decided to increase its allocation to corporate bonds through a reduction in its investments in gilts.
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50% of DB schemes need to focus on long-term risk
[16:50 CEST 03-09] UK – Half of all UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes do not have a long-term strategy for reducing risks, despite 80% acknowledging the need to address de-risking, joint research by Hymans Robertson and PensionChair Network has revealed.
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AP4 and Folksam target corporate bonds and loans
[16:45 CEST 03-09] SWEDEN – Fjärde AP-fonden (AP4), the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, has joined forces with Swedish insurer Folksam to invest in a vehicle targeting private corporate bonds and public corporate loans.
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German institutions do better to manage assets themselves – study
[17:15 CEST 02-09] GERMANY – Domestic institutional investors managing more than half their assets internally perform better than those that mainly outsource, according to a survey conducted by the consultancy Complementa and the Bavarian Centre of Finance.
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Camden to consider real estate increase
[16:55 CEST 02-09] UK – The London Borough of Camden is considering the next stage of the restructure of its pension fund investment portfolio including a potential increase in property.
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Lothian focuses on alternatives in new strategy
[17:00 CEST 01-09] UK – Lothian Pension Fund is set to increase its allocation to alternative assets from 24% to 35% in a gradual transition to its new investment strategy.
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NewsExpert panel to review Norway Global active strategy
[16:30 CEST 01-09] NORWAY – The Ministry of Finance has appointed an international group of specialists to evaluate the active management of Norges Bank in relation to the Government Pension Fund – Global as part of an external review into the continuation of active management strategies.
