Investor Strategy – Page 174
-
News
AVC investments reveal knowledge gap
[14:30 CEST 18-07] UK – Trustees need to do more to ensure AVC members understand their investment options as a Watson Wyatt survey reveals some investors may have their assets under the wrong risk profile.
-
News
Bullish institutions focus on pro-cyclical sectors
[14:30 CEST 18-07] GLOBAL – Institutional investors globally have adopted a more pro-cyclical stance amid greater confidence in the strength of global growth and improving risk appetite, a survey has found.
-
News
FRR ventures into US small cap equities
[16:00 CEST 17-07] FRANCE – The €32bn French reserve fund (FRR) is looking for managers for two US small cap equity portfolios totalling €500m.
-
News
ABP makes first timber allocation
NETHERLANDS – The €211bn Dutch pension fund ABP has made its first foray into timberland investments with a $60m allocation to the Global Solidarity Forest Fund (GSFF).
-
News
Pensions Board urges trustees to focus on risk
[17:00 CEST 12-07] IRELAND – Trustees should be constantly reviewing the asset allocation in their pension funds' investment portfolios to mitigate risk, the Irish Pensions Board has suggested.
-
News
Pearson to pay £273m to plug pension deficit
[14:00 CEST 12-07] UK - Pearson Plc is to make £273.4m (€403.5m) in additional payments into the Pearson Pension Group pension plan over the next eight years to address a shortfall, an official company document reveals.
-
News
Financial advice "crucial" to pensions growth - EFAMA
[11:00 CEST 11-07] EUROPE – The European Fund and Asset Management Association is calling on European member states to provide greater access to tailored pension provision, financial advice and education to improve individuals’ retirement savings.
-
News
Van den Brink follows fiduciary trail to Mn
[16:00 CEST 09-07] NETHERLANDS – Roland van den Brink, investment director at the the €21bn industry-wide pension fund for the mechanical and electrical engineering PME, has joined Mn Services’ board of management.
-
News
Shift your focus to‘Gen Y’, says KPMG
GLOBAL - Pension providers are ignoring the financial interests of Generation ‘Y’ who will be essential to tomorrow’s business profitability and survival, according to a study by KPMG.
-
News
Pension fund investment needs “not being met” - Create
[17:02 CEST 28-06] EUROPE - Asset management houses are failing to deliver the type of investment offerings pension funds actually want, according to an investment think-tank.
-
News
Oyak opens to overseas investment
[16:25 CEST 25-06] TURKEY - Oyak, the Turkish Army Pension Fund, is selling its subsidiary Oyak Bank to the Dutch ING Group for $2.67bn (€1.98bn) and opening its investment strategy to energy and foreign assets.
-
News
FRR reviews currency mandate
[11:02 CEST 25-06] FRANCE – The €32bn Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) is reviewing its overlay manager State Street Global Advisors and has awarded three equity mandates.
-
News
PensionDanmark sees agricultural growth
[17:08 CEST 21-06] DENMARK - Labour market pension fund PensionDanmark has gained 2,500 new members, all employed in the Danish agricultural machinery dealing sector.
-
News
More schemes to join Unilever’s FCP fund
[16:58 CEST 20-06] GLOBAL – Anglo-Dutch household goods giant Unilever says more of its global pension funds will join its FCP fund, including its first defined contribution (DC) plan at the end of June.
-
News
Straatman warns of volatility risk
[16:59 CEST 15-06] EUROPE - Pension funds should now be looking to decrease their investment risk rather than introduce more because volatility risk is likely to rise, according to a former Dutch pension fund executive.
-
News
Spain confirms 10% in equities proposal
[16:42 CEST 13-06] SPAIN - Spain’s pensions reserve fund is set to put around 10% of its assets into equities, according to Economics Minister Pedro Solbes, though the final conditions for its proposed asset switch will only be agreed in a few months’ time.
-
News
AP7 to seek new tenders as Carnegie wins equity deal
[13:17 CEST 12-06] SWEDEN - AP7, the Swedish national fund for the PPM first pillar pension system, has appointed Stockholm-based Carnegie for a second pure alpha equity overlay mandate and will soon seek additional managers in the Asian and passive sectors.
-
News
Mercer calls for earlier selection input
[16:57 CEST 08/06] EUROPE - Pension funds seeking real estate fund managers need to get involved in selection process discussions at an earlier stage because the bespoke nature of mandates is becoming more complicated, according to consultants Mercer.
-
News
“We don’t believe in LDI” – Munsters
[16:55 CEST 08/06] NETHERLANDS – The €212bn Dutch pension fund ABP says it does not believe Liability Driven Investments should be included in its new strategic investment plan.
-
News
Small schemes' trustees in conflict of interest
[13:17 CEST 07/06] UK – Small pension funds’ trustees boards will encounter conflicts of interest with their corporate sponsor, according to David Blackwood, group treasurer at paints producer ICI.
