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NewsPensionDanmark to ramp up equities after 17% stocks gain in 2024
Danish pension fund to increase the equity proportion particularly for younger scheme members, and postpone risk reduction starting point by five years to age 50
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NewsPGGM disbands advisory council amid row over new investment policy
The pension asset manager also tried to fire its chief economist for criticising the firm’s switch to ‘3D-investing’
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NewsPreviAmbiente swaps Credit Suisse with UnipolSai in bid to cut costs
The new manager will run the scheme’s ‘Garantito’ sub-fund, worth around €350m, which invests 96% in bonds and 4% in equities
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NewsNBIM proposes cutting smaller EM stocks from SWF’s benchmark
Proposed change would excise thousands of Chinese stocks from GPFG’s €1.7trn portfolio
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NewsDanica moves closer to parent Danske Bank with new commercial strategy
CEO Kaagaard says it is ‘completely natural’ to change name to the single word ‘Danica’
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NewsPKBS switches to Pictet, LGIM to diversify risk
The emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in March 2023 triggered the pension fund’s decision to look for new asset managers
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NewsPFA’s climate product beats standard pension with 19.6% return
Parts of the green sector hit by declining investment appetite in 2024, says CIO
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NewsGerman dentists’ scheme takes €65m hit from investments
The write-off in 2023 is higher than the €45.98m recorded in 2022, and results mostly from private equity investments and investments in ‘affiliated companies’
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NewsDutch doctors’ fund focuses on Europe in new equity portfolio
The scheme’s new concentrated portfolio only includes 65 companies
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NewsFondenel launches new equity investment option
Under the new option, the pension fund will pursue a strategy with a strong exposure to equities
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NewsAustria’s BVK sees 10% rise in AUM
Provident funds’ assets under management grew by €834.16m, or 4.21%, quarter-on-quarter in Q3
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NewsFon.Te allocates further €160m to private markets
Fon.Te has also approved investments worth €130m to back alternative investment funds (AIFs) internationally
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NewsSwiss BVK issues €700m infrastructure mandates
A €350m mandate will invest via a multi-manager arrangement, while the other €350m mandate will invest via an unlisted co-investment
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NewsP+ taken to task by Danish FSA over private equity risk measurement
Financial watchdog criticises pension fund for failing to document appropriateness of data source behind model to estimate PE risk premium
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NewsATP disappointed as Better Energy restructures
Citing ‘perfect storm of negative market conditions’, Danish renewable-energy firm enters restructuring to rebuild capital base and stabilise the business
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NewsSEI joins forces with PIC to facilitate master trust access for DB scheme members
DB scheme members with DC and AVC arrangements will be able to access the SEI Master Trust
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NewsBrunel appoints AssetMetrix for private markets data management
AssetMetrix’s platform will enable Brunel to streamline data processing and aggregation, while offering investors greater insights into private market assets
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NewsVerka takes over operational business of German Red Cross pension scheme
Verka will manage close to €4bn by adding the €780m under the Deutschen Roten Kreuz scheme
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NewsATP admits DKK2.3bn investment in Northvolt now worth almost zero
Danish statutory pensions giant’s CEO declines to rule out investing more in stricken battery Swedish firm
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NewsPGGM ditches responsible investment team with new impact strategy
‘Even though this process required me to give up my old job, I still think it’s a good idea,’ says Piet Klop
