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Danish pension fund turns to Asian equities
[16:55 CEST 10-06] DENMARK – A Danish pension fund is looking to hire a specialist investment manager to deliver an Asian ex-Japan and ex-Pacific equities mandate, and is conducting its search through IPE-Quest.
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Danish investor pursues European equities
[16:55 CEST 04-06] DENMARK – Danish firm Nykredit Asset Management is looking to invest up to $150m (€100m) in all/large-cap equities, using IPE-Quest.
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Future gov't bond returns to be 'considerably lower' - PIMCO
[16:50 CEST 04-06] GLOBAL – Fixed income specialist Pimco has warned that investors must expect government bonds to deliver poorer returns over the coming years than recently seen, as the state of US government borrowing is likely to frighten investors away when the market is being flooded by paper.
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Investor begins a Latam Quest
[17:10 CEST 02-06] IPE-QUEST – A European institutional investor is looking to invest $80m (€56m) in Latin American equities, so is conducting a search via IPE-Quest.
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NewsInvestment triggers 'could derisk pensions'
[17:10 CEST 22-05] GLOBAL – Applying some form of ‘trigger point’ at which investment returns could be collected might be a way of derisking pension schemes and removing the emotional draw some trustees attach to certain assets, suggests consulting firm Lane, Clark & Peacock.
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NewsSmall cap equities sought by Swiss
[16:40 CEST 20-05] GLOBAL – A Swiss institutional investor to looking $100-200m (€73-146m) in global developed market small cap equities and is searching for an appropriate manager, using IPE-Quest.
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Pensions insurance might work long-term - advisers
[16:30 CEST 20-05] GLOBAL – Some form of insurance or ‘lock-in protection’ might be a solution to the risk of investing in defined contributions pensions, but the industry must in the short-term do much more to inform members about the risks they face, say consultants.
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Overlay touted as swaps alternative
[16:00 CEST 19-05] EUROPE – Pimco, the asset manager, has suggested pension funds who were considering applying an interest rate swap to their portfolios should instead look to a gilts overlay or equity futures to gain better returns.
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Reforms urged on sterling corporate bond market
[17:10 CEST 15-05] UK – The Investment Management Association has warned appropriate reforms are needed in the UK corporate bond market, to prevent the sector from becoming a “backwater” and in turn presenting both a lack of funding and higher costs for all investors concerned.
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NAPF backs UK short-selling strategy
[16:40 CEST 15-05] UK – The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) has urged the UK’s Financial Services Authority to steer clear of a blanket ban on short-selling of equities, arguing certain investments strategies “depend on the ability to go short”.
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Pension funds act on negative swap spread
[13:00 CEST 14-05] GLOBAL - Pension funds have been lining up to take profits from the interest-rate swaps they have put in place for liability-driven investing (LDI), according to their fixed income managers and advisers.
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PPF diversifies investment portfolio
[17:25 CEST 11-05] UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) is diversifying its investment strategy to include three new portfolios including global tactical asset allocation (GTAA).
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Shropshire reduces UK equities for new global mandate
[17:20 CEST 11-05] UK – Shropshire County Council is seeking one or more managers to run a new global equity portfolio for the £740m (€824m) Shropshire Pension Fund.
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FTSE pensions made conservative shift to bonds
[16:45 CEST 11-05] EUROPE – FTSE 100-listed companies have sought to reduce their pension liability risk within the last year by re-weighting assets by an average 7% to bonds, suggests a study published by Pension Capital Strategies.
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Swaps should be favoured over gilts – F&C
[16:55 CEST 08-05] UK – Pensions funds are being warned to tread carefully at present when deciding whether to hedge their liabilities against UK gilts, as the huge level of government borrowing is likely to mean yields will need to rise in the short-term to attract borrowers.
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Aberdeen AM sees fixed income outflows
[16:00 CEST 05-05] UK – Aberdeen Asset Management saw its asset under management fall in the first half of its financial year to the end of March by almost £8.5bn (€9.55bn) thanks largely to outflows from its fixed income.
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Economic crisis could lengthen deficit recoveries
[16:00 CESt 30-04] UK – Calculations made by Towers Perrin suggest the current levels of corporate bond yields alongside growing defined benefit pension scheme deficits could lengthen funds’ recovery times to as much as 20 years.
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Finnish pensions are helping recovery - Katainen
[15:45 CEST 27-04] FINLAND – The Finnish finance minister, Jyrki Katainen, has local praised pension funds for their investment in corporate loans as doing so is expected to contribute to the country’s economic recovery.
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Pension funds turn to specialists and alternatives
[14:30 CEST 23-04] EUROPE – Pension funds are increasingly moving into alternatives but the next growth area could be in the expansion of specialist fixed income mandates and single strategy hedge funds, according to Mercer’s review of pension fund asset allocation.
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PMA recovery to alter asset allocation
[16:40 CEST 20-04] NETHERLANDS - The €889m pension fund for pharmacies’ staff PMA expects to recover from its reserve shortfall within 15 years by adjusting its yearly indexation and changing its asset allocation strategy.
