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Finland's Etera touts new strategy for strong returns
FINLAND – Finnish scheme returns 9.9% after increasing emerging market bond allocation.
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NewsNorwegian Pension Fund Global enters US real estate market
GLOBAL – Venture comes less than two months after mandate amended to allow US exposure.
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NewsIndustriens, PKA join forces on planned offshore wind park
DENMARK – Danish pension funds cite growing importance of infrastructure as asset class.
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NewsFoundation investment should be driven by 'charitable objectives'
EUROPE – Commitment to preserve value of assets should be secondary, report argues.
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NewsLancashire pension fund agrees £12m loan with UK solar farm
UK – Solar plant in Oxfordshire refinances debt with 23-year, inflation-linked bond.
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NewsBrussels releases early draft of Green Paper on long-term investing
EUROPE – European Commission mulling revisions to pension tax rules, corporate governance.
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Strathclyde pension fund pulls out of L&G joint venture
UK – Scheme offloads stake in shopping centre fund ahead of redevelopment.
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NewsFees prompt infrastructure investors to go direct
EUROPE – Investors increasingly put off by private equity-style remuneration, study shows.
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NewsSurvey: European real estate investors regain confidence
EUROPE – German, French, UK institutions set to increase investments in 2013.
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PKA awards managed-volatility mandate to Acadian Asset Management
GLOBAL – PKA changes strategy in response to heightened correlations within equity portfolios.
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NewsGreek pensions vehicle sees 'huge bet' on domestic bonds pay off
GREECE – Hellenic Pension Mutual Fund Management Company nearly doubles assets in six months.
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NewsUK roundup: Steve Webb, NEST, OFT, Aon Hewitt
UK – Pensions minister tells conference OFT report's delivery by August 'vitally important'.
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NewsStudy shows growing interest in ETFs among pension professionals
EUROPE – European market offers 'huge' growth potential, State Street Global Advisors says.
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News€4.6bn UWV pension fund to ramp up exposure to alternatives
NETHERLANDS – Scheme shifts strategy in bid to meet performance, inflation-protection goals.
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NewsConstruction-risk guarantees for infrastructure 'damaging'
EUROPE – Blanket guarantees on debt financing simply create taxpayer liabilities, EDHEC says.
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NewsGerman investors keen to increase risk, but wary of Solvency II
GERMANY – BVI says investors keen to boost equity exposure 'put off' by upcoming legislation.
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NewsEuropean stocks 'artificially cheap', says GAM
EUROPE – Investment manager says stocks undervalued merely for being domiciled in Europe.
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NewsContinuing euro-zone crisis boosts real estate investor sentiment
EUROPE – More than 80% of Ernst & Young survey respondents expect deal volume to increase.
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Ireland's pensions reserve fund earmarks €500m for SMEs
IRELAND – Fund’s discretionary portfolio sees returns of 7.3% in 2012, boosting AUM by €1.3bn.
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Hertfordshire LGPS awards fiduciary mandate to Swiss manager
UK – Alternatives portfolio worth as much as £300m to be overseen by LGT Capital Partners.





