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NewsInsurers pile into German Spezialfonds in first half
Insurers overtook the amounts invested by pension funds for the first time in years
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Finland’s Elo could slash 10% of jobs in restructuring
Recently rehabilitated pension company heralds revamp to “respond to changes in operating environment”
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Alecta loses international real assets chief to Heimstaden
Sweden’s biggest pension fund says Heijbel was key part of its work to grow the real assets portfolio
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Dutch agri fund sells lower-rated govvies
By reducing or eliminating its allocation to countries such as France and Italy, BPL Pensioen wants to prevent excessive exposure to highly indebted countries
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WH Smith Pension Trust completes £1bn buy-in with Standard Life
Bulk purchase annuity secures the benefits of 13,000 members
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NewsFondazione Enasarco to invest €500m in Italian bonds
One of the goals of the new strategy was is to cut real estate and increase exposure to liquid asset classes such as bonds and equities
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NewsNBIM wants extras in reporting requirements on transition plans
Norway’s SWF manager lauds transparency around offsets in IFRS climate disclosures draft
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Cometa picks AXA, Amundi as new asset managers in overhaul worth €11bn
The move follows a review of its investment policy leading to an increase of the risk profile of its three sub-funds while maintaining a prudent approach
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NewsItalian pension funds group commits €168m to infrastructure
The process to select an asset manager, conducted with the support of Prometeia Advisor Sim, will end in November
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AMF’s negative earnings given fillip by discount rate uptick
Sweden’s number two occupational pension fund reports investments lost nearly a tenth of value in ‘dramatic and turbulent’ first half
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USS emphasises value for money after ‘unwelcome’ benefit changes
UK universities pension scheme says analysis shows it is almost a quarter cheaper than peers
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Poll shows 10 percentage-point rise in ESG use by alternatives investors over 3 years
Two thirds of European investors in private equity, infrastructure, now have climate policies compared to less that a quarter of their US peers, new survey shows
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AP1 knocked by 9.4% loss in H1, despite gains on forex, alternatives
Swedish buffer fund is second of big four to report first half financial results – beating the larger AP4
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NEST appoints HarbourVest as part of £1.5bn private equity push
New mandate will play an important role in helping NEST invest around 5% of its portfolio in private equity
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Dutch pharmacist fund ups equity risk in new pension system
Pensioenfonds Openbare Apothekers (SPOA) is the first professional fund to have designed a pension arrangement for the new DC pension system
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Alecta says ‘not unlikely’ markets will fall further in 2022, also hitting RE
Sweden’s largest pension fund suffers 12.7% H1 investment loss, but rising rates slash liabilities
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Sovereign wealth funds switch to private markets in major asset reallocation
SWF investors now own $719bn in private assets, up from $205bn in 2011
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NewsValida introduces inflation-linked bonds with new strategy
Pensionskasse and Vorsorgekasse both increase its equity allocation but made cuts to euro zone government bonds, among other things
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Folksam stows €276m into private credit for North European firms
Swedish pensions and insurance group picks P Capital Partners’ fifth credit fund for fixed income exposure across the group
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NewsBorder to Coast commits final investments in first £5.7bn private markets programme
In total, the programme invested into 61 funds and made three co-investments





