Markets – Page 86
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NewsUK roundup: Pension funds achieve 100% funding on long-term targets
Plus: FTSE 350 pension schemes surplus continues to fend off impact of rising costs
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IPE Top 1000: Pension assets increase of well over €600bn reflects 2021’s markets
Developed market equities returned over 30% in euro terms in 2021, compared with losses of around 4.7% in global aggregate bonds
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Dutch funding ratios hit highest levels
At 128%, average funding ratios of Dutch pension funds have hit their highest levels since 2008 despite heavy investment losses
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Swiss pension funds tackle governance in asset management
‘A professional investment process requires a separation of powers between the investment decision, implementation and monitoring of the investment activity,’ says PPCmetrics
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UK trustees disappointed with High Court’s RPI judicial judgement
This would reduce pension transfer values and lifetime incomes by 10% to 15% or more, says Insight Investment
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NewsGermany progresses with capital-funded component in pensions
The purpose of the visit was to give the German Minister of Finance and his team a greater knowledge of AP7 Såfa
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Swiss commission warns of uncoupling of interest rate on pensions, inflation
BVG-Kommission has recommended the Federal Council to leave the minimum interest rate paid on occupational pensions unchanged at 1% for 2023
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NewsUK roundup: DB schemes’ health reaches new high
Plus: Further analysis on Pensions Dashboards Programme’s design standards; Actuaries urged to consider impact of high inflation
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NewsCanada’s top pension funds plan infrastructure investments in Germany
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, CPP Investments, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and OMERS met German chancellor during visit to Canada
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NewsDanish pension assets rise by 30% in seven years
Statistics Denmark figures show there is a significant difference between men’s and women’s pension savings
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NewsAP2’s broad portfolio mitigates effect of turbulent markets
Alternative investments, which include unlisted real estate, venture capital and sustainable infrastructure, returned a whopping 10% in ‘turbulent times’, says CEO
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Chancellor Scholz in talks with Canadian pension funds for investment in Germany
German chancellor spoke with pension schemes about investments in general, although energy and renewable energy were topical
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NewsL&G’s risk transfer monitor shows increased momentum, sees strong H1
The group expects the overall volume in 2022 will reach £30-35bn and is likely to be the second largest year ever in the UK market
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Pension funds expected to become largest sellers on private equity secondary market in H2
Interim sales of private equity investments worldwide have grown steadily from $40bn in 2015 to $132bn in 2021, says Bain Capital
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NewsFCA issues warning to alternative investment bosses via open letter
For the UK’s status to be retained, its markets must remain clean, liquid, and orderly, letter states
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Schroders identifies persistence in private equity returns [updated]
Research by Schroders Capital finds that past performance could be more instructive for some parts of the private equity market than others
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FTSE Russell launches sustainable investment fixed income indices
The indices are designed for investors seeking to integrate their sustainable investment strategy into their fixed income investments
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NewsPPF 7800 Index dipped in July, but funding levels remain robust, for now
The aggregate surplus of the 5,215 schemes in the UK’s PPF 7800 index dipped in July to £254.3bn
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UK makes second investment with Dutch development bank to protect forests
MFF is working to finalise a second investment in US-based Timberland Investment Group (TIG) by the end of 2022
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NewsUK regulator launches consultation on Long Term Asset Fund access
FCA seeks contributions from participants to design draft rules to market LTAFs to retail investors, pension schemes
