Markets – Page 158
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Aviva Staff Pension Scheme completes largest ever longevity deal
Longevity risk in pension fund transferred to three reinsurers
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Raiffeisen to pull out of Czech pensions market after changes
Austrian bank blames new government’s plan to abolish second pillar
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Norwegian oil fund return of 15.9% driven by equities, real estate holdings
Government fund continues divestment from Europe, commits to growing real estate allocations
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IPE Views: Is there a future for defined benefit schemes?
A prolonged low-interest-rate environment could further exacerbate funding pressures on public DB schemes, Catherine Lubochinsky warns
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Fund managers expect anaemic euro-zone growth until 2019 – Towers Watson
One-third of managers have high expectations for US equity, real estate
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Sponsor covenants 'key' in resolving UK schemes' asset allocation dilemma
BlackRock says sponsor covenant strength will be key in determining 2014 asset allocation for UK pension funds
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NewsSweden’s AMF posts ‘stable’ 9.3% return as funding ratio breaks 200% barrier
Insurer says returns due to ’strong year’ for stock markets
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FTT backers push forward as institutions respond with damning letter
German, French finance ministers meet to discuss implementation
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Hedge funds shift attention towards creating ‘institutional credibility’
Industry moving to assuage fears over operational risk, Aite Group survey shows
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Majority of institutions to move towards smart-beta investments – State Street
Survey finds investors see smart beta as viable alternative for passive, active management
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NewsEconomist Wescott predicts early end to quantitative easing in US
Former adviser to president Clinton warns against ‘sudden’ tapering
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Partners Group teams up with Mizuho on private equity, infrastructure
Swiss investment manager to offer products to pensions market in Japan
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ECB to launch quantitative easing in third quarter, BNP Paribas predicts
Manager bullish on 3-7 year part of European supranational bond curve
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Swiss MPs seek pension fund support to seed venture capital scheme
Motion makes no mention of whether participation in scheme would be voluntary
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Dutch downgrade's impact on pension funds limited, experts say
The decision by ratings agency Standards & Poor’s (S&P) to downgrade the creditworthiness of the Netherlands from AAA to AA+ will affect the assets and liabilities of Dutch pension funds only marginally, industry experts have suggested. Many point out that pension funds have invested a relatively small portion of their ...
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Allianz GI’s Utermann expecting macroeconomic ‘Groundhog Day’
CIO sees low rates, deflation fears, contained bond yields and EM debt buying opportunity in 2014
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Pension Protection Fund wins IPE's Best European Pension Fund Award
Industry veteren Peter Borgdorff wins Gold Award for Pension Fund Personality of the Year
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IPE Awards Seminar: Raising retirement age won’t solve ageing problem
Credit Suisse Securities’ Amlan Roy highlights growing importance of demographics
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NEST to add emerging market equities to investments for first time
UK trust puts out tender in search of managers to run two different strategies
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Schroders fund managers ring alarm bells on emerging markets
Manager ’can’t see how crisis can be avoided’ in China
