All IPE articles in March 2020 (online) – Page 4
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Opinion Pieces
Investing in an age of pandemics
Pandemics are master classes in managing existential uncertainty. Being overwhelmed is ‘normal’. Here are seven actions that we can take as citizens and investment professionals. The focus is on the US and the UK: their governments are floundering. The unravelling in the US is dangerous for investors. Both the UK and the US are very responsive to the financial sector.
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Climate risk think tank develops COVID-19 stress test scenarios
To its knowledge they are the first stress-test scenarios for the pandemic
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NBIM holds regular meetings to deal with COVID-19 situation
SWF’s likely losses apparently masked by plunge in Norwegian krone
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Icelandic pension plans halt foreign investment during corona crisis
Country’s export revenues projected to decline temporarily
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LCP sees Dutch schemes’ returns close to 30% in 2019
Pension funds’ combined assets rose by €240bn to €1.56trn
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Dutch schemes see low volume of participant queries amid virus crisis
Too early to indicate what the implications for pensions would be
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Swedish trio stows €271m into social bonds to support Corona-hit firms [Updated]
Swedish pensions and insurance groups buy debt issued by the International Finance Corporation
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Dutch pensions watchdog to relax supervisory activities
Year-end funding figures will be crucial for rights cuts
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Pensions Caixa 30 appoints new chair
Noteworthy appointment in the pension industry due to the chair’s derivatives-focused background
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PPF to mind COVID-19 developments for final levy rules
Flexibilities already introduced regarding document submission
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Alecta brings domestic property in house under €4bn spin-off
Move will increase scalability and minimise fees, says Swedish pensions giant
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CFA Institute: ‘Nuance’ missing in DC private markets calls
‘Outperformance narrative has a lot of nuance to it’
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Dutch pension funds receive billions as additional collateral
Pension funds can use part of it to rebalance their investment portfolios
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Unisuper suspends stock lending
The fund recalls all shares currently out on loan without exception
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USS breaches funding measure amid COVID-19 turmoil
Trustee board needs to consider circumstances and any appropriate action
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Consultants call for TPR 'clarity', 'pragmatism' given virus impacts
Estimated £40bn increase in FTSE 350 scheme deficits so far in Q1
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People moves: Danish pensions giant names chairs
PFA, BlueOrchard, Waypoint Capita, Ocorian, Mirabaud, Wave Financial Group
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LD expects no voluntary inflows to holiday fund, given virus crisis
Calls for emergency release of frozen allowances are wide of the mark, says fund