All IPE articles in March 2017 (online) – Page 3
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Bats Europe launches Brexit indices
Bats Brexit 50/50 indices designed to reflect impact of Brexit on UK companies
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PME to link 10% of assets to UN sustainability targets
Scheme’s return target will remain guiding principle for investments
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Ethical exclusions dented NBIM equity return by 1.1% since 2006
Behaviour-based exclusions boosted returns, while product-based blacklisting lost money
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Denmark’s DIP and ISP in talks to form €6.9bn engineers’ pension fund
Professional association rues 20-year delay on implementing merger
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Think tank questions PRI signatories' ESG capacity
One-third or signatories directly employ no dedicated ESG staff, a further 20% only one
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Accounting: Bank trade body warns of backwards step for IFRS 9
New accounting standard could weaken current rules on banks’ loan loss provisions
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ESG roundup: French association addresses presidential candidates
Plus: Responsible investing becoming more important for alternative investment management
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Eurogroup to launch pension system benchmarking in 2018
Benchmarking will be carried out every three years, focusing on fiscal sustainability
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UK roundup: Institutional disinvestment rises, LGPS deficit falls
Also: Phoenix Life secures buy-in with own pension fund; L&G dominates 2016 de-risking
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Parliament has 'postponed problems' in Swiss first pillar: experts
Unions call on members to support reform in September referendum on AV2020
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PensionDanmark, Danica invest $300m in new ship leasing fund
PensionDanmark introduces new asset class bucket into portfolio to cater for shipping allocation
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CDC pensions a step towards 'more purposeful' finance: PIC
Pitt-Watson and Mann paper launches PIC project on ‘The Purpose of Finance’
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Study sheds light on smart beta transaction costs
Investors will be able to assess net returns arising from smart beta strategies through a new transaction cost measurement approach put forward by a research paper from EDHEC Risk Institute. Currently, smart beta providers do not routinely report transaction cost estimates for their strategies, and performance evaluation often relies on ...
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Dutch roundup: Brewer's pension fined for risk failings
Bavaria fined €10,000; insurance industry scheme brings in new members
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Philips scheme dumps euro bonds for 'flexible' cash
Dutch scheme reduces fixed income exposure from 35% to 25% of portfolio
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ESG factors can indicate overall stock risk, says AQR
AQR study finds ESG data could help investors build more stable portfolios
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Allianz' Austrian pension funds dominate 3 and 5-year returns
Mercer data also shows strong results for VBV in higher risk category
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Syntrus Achmea in talks to offload eight sector-wide schemes
New provider Centric is negotiating taking on providers as Syntrus Achmea pulls out of market
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ESG roundup: Swiss association recommends arms company exclusions
Plus: AMP Capital decides divestments under new ethical framework, Ircantec coal exit update, PRI proxy voting declaration system
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Swiss to vote on pension reform in September
Switzerland’s parliament passes AV2020 reform package