Investor Strategy – Page 53
-
News
Local Pensions Partnership unveils £750m hedge fund vehicle
Property pooled vehicle planned for later this year as Berkshire begins onboarding £2bn of assets
-
News
Generali Investments splits to create LDI specialist arm
LDI arm separates from ‘growth engine’, which will consist of ‘unconstrained and distinctive’ strategies
-
News
PGGM to focus on healthcare sector, exit other business channels
Provider to further open asset management to external players
-
NewsPerformance fees correlated with underperformance, study finds
Finance professor finds performance fee charging funds return 50-70 bps less on average than peers without such a fee
-
News
Lothian backs merger of Scottish local authority funds
£6.7bn scheme calls for mergers to come from work with ‘like-minded partners on a voluntary basis’
-
News
FTSE Russell predicts $10bn inflow when A-shares join indices in 2019
Chinese government bonds could be added to leading fixed income benchmarks following review of classification criteria
-
News
Top European asset owners back UN’s Tobacco-Free Finance pledge
90 investors sign pledge linked to Sustainable Development Goals, as MSCI launches global and regional tobacco exclusion indices
-
News
Institutional investors must get better grasp of dealing costs, says CEM
Transaction costs found to make up quarter of overall investment bill
-
NewsSweden’s AP Funds behind first short-term green bond issue
Property company Vasakronan issues SEK610m of green commercial paper bonds
-
News
Italian railways scheme launches search for private debt managers
Eurofer to invest €25m as Italian schemes’ appetite for alternatives grows
-
News
Seven managers set to lose major LGPS mandates as pooling continues
LGPS Central names Harris Associates, Union Investment and Schroders to share global active equity fund
-
News
Update: Church of England rules out bid for failed payday loan company
Wonga collapsed last month after regulatory changes and thousands of complaints from customers
-
News
Insurers hungry for risk as geopolitical jitters abate: BlackRock survey
Proportion of insurers looking to increase risk rises to half, from 9% a year earlier
-
NewsNorway SWF: Governments could help realise sustainable development goals
Europe’s largest investor calls for governments to aid long-term sustainability drive
-
News
ESG roundup: Sustainable investing is ‘low priority’ for many allocators
Also: Willis Towers Watson and MSCI launch ESG index strategy; Nikko AM broadens green bond universe
-
News
DC investment may never catch up with DB, trustees warn
Hymans poll shows 44% think DC is already as sophisticated as DB – but 40% think it will never catch up
-
NewsNEST targets private credit innovation for growing DC portfolio
Auto-enrolment provider wants managers to open up unlisted real estate debt, infrastructure debt, and corporate loans to DC market
-
NewsPRI develops guide to identifying ‘mainstream’ impact investments
‘Market Map’ aims to bring clarity to process of identifying qualifying companies
-
News
Norway’s sovereign fund ‘should stay invested in energy stocks’
Sector seen only contributing “marginally” to Norway’s energy risk
-
News
Investors ‘remiss’ in overlooking physical climate risks – Schroders
Impacts lower but more certain than with risks linked to efforts to combat climate change
