Investor Strategy – Page 50
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Wellcome Trust warns on private equity after stellar returns
UK charitable foundation nets 50% gains from co-investments and 32% from venture capital
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PGGM to invest €880m in specialist reinsurer
Joint venture with RenaissanceRe targets US property
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Church of England calls for ExxonMobil greenhouse gas disclosure
Church Commissioners, New York State, CalPERS and others push for greater emissions disclosure from oil giant
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Man Group ESG framework to exclude coal, tobacco from funds
Listed asset manager implements exclusion list as part of a firm-wide ESG framework for portfolio managers
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Switzerland proposes 5% venture capital allowance for pension funds
Government aims to promote institutional investment in domestic start-ups but some are unconvinced
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IPE Conference: How Ireland’s sovereign fund will invest from 2019
Eugene O’Callaghan, director of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, tells delegates of the €9bn fund’s new strategy
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NewsLocal authority scheme adopts £700m equity protection strategy
Tower Hamlets appoints Schroders as it seeks to lock in gains for half its total portfolio
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IPE Conference: AP4 chief in no rush to add illiquids
NEST CIO Mark Fawcett is on the hunt for DC-ready private credit managers
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IPE Conference: Governments must ‘get real’ on infrastructure investing
Infrastructure is the second most popular asset class for investors on a three-year basis, reports CREATE-Research
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NewsPMT divests from fur and pornography industries after member survey
Metal industry scheme sells half of its holdings in 1,600 companies
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NewsShell agrees short-term climate targets linked to exec pay
Targets to be put to shareholders after years of investor pressure to act on climate change risks
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NewsOnly largest Dutch schemes implement UN's sustainable goals
Most pension funds lack capability and expertise, survey finds
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Country Report€8.5bn Dutch postal service scheme appoints Kempen as adviser
TKP Investments loses major advisory client as PostNL decides to split advice and implementation
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Dutch regulator warns schemes against too much local investment
Economic downturn would cause a ‘triple whammy’, De Nederlandsche Bank warns
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Luxembourg reserve fund names green bond, impact managers
€1.5bn in sustainability-themed mandates awarded in total
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NewsPublic pension funds push back at criticism of climate strategies
Friends of the Earth claimed some of the UK’s biggest funds were climate change ‘laggards’
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AP4 hails financial benefit of tobacco divestment
Swedish pension fund says sector has underperformed by 40% since 2016
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Private credit market to hit $1trn by 2020, survey says
German investors dominate European allocators to unlisted debt instruments
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Chris Sier launches data platform to analyse investment charges
Sier chaired the industry working group that came up with the UK’s new cost disclosure models
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Chart of the Week: A shake-up in the route to alternatives?
Fund managers expect shift towards co-investments and separate accounts
