News – Page 155
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NewsBrunel adds impact target to new private equity allocation with Neuberger Berman
The strategy will commit 40% to impact investments, while the remaining 60% will be invested according to Brunel’s responsible investment policy
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NewsDWP advisers tell pension trustees to add social considerations to RfPs and mandates
Report on social factors contains recommendations and a framework its chair hopes will be picked up by ISSB
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NewsChurch Commissioners for England boosts responsible investment activity
‘Our integrated approach to responsible investment aims to affect real change in the wider economy,’ says First Church estates commissioner
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NewsLGPS consultation did not deliver expected clarity, PLSA conference hears
‘The government wants us to accelerate and then collaborate and ultimately we then consolidate. That’s the message we’re getting,’ says PLSA local authority committee chair
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NewsAllianz Leben plans selective move on private markets
The firm will increasingly look to opportunities in corporate and government bond investments
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NewsDefault consolidator model for small pots could create ‘virtuous circle’
In order to solve the ‘anxiety’ around small pots the best place to start is with a default consolidator model, says NEST’s Zoe Alexander
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NewsPeople moves: Nick Spencer joins Milliman UK as senior consultant
Plus: ICG names two managing directors; Hymans Robertson appoints head of DC investment
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NewsBiodiversity funds deliver lower returns, says research
The recent explosion in interest around nature and biodiversity has prompted a surge in investor activity
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NewsATP rejects argument that Danish pension saving is excessive
Statutory pensions giant says its analysis shows Ramlau-Hansen’s assumption of increasing coverage slightly overblown
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NewsSwiss pension funds suffer returns setback in Q3
Infrastructure investments worst performing asset class so far this year at -5.8%
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NewsDanish FSA laments lack of inflation linkage in pension payments
Finanstilsynet also worried pension providers failing to acknowledge conflicts of interest within operations
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NewsInvestors call on European Commission to outline clear social impact investment rules
A clear definition of ‘social investment’ is still missing, a gap that hinders social impact investments, investors warn
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NewsNature requires ‘a different approach’, asset owners tell peers
Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) Asset Owners Network encourages peers to ‘start now’
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NewsSkandia CEO lashes out at Swedish system that allows Alecta’s dominance
Frans Lindelöw says too much pension capital is concentrated in troubled pensions giant, creating ‘a vulnerability and a social risk’
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NewsThe Netherlands returns to top spot in Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index
The index report also examined the potential of artificial intelligence to improve pension and social security systems
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NewsDutch pension experts identify important pitfalls for pension fund trustees
Dutch pension trustee Alfred Slager and consultant Martijn Vos reveal them in their new book ‘Decision making for pension fund boards’
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NewsInstitutional investors shift to bonds, change stance on alternatives
Germany’s first pillar pension reform will affect the fund industry, says Universal Investment’s chief customer officer Katja Müller
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NewsBlackRock launches trustee education platform
Starting in November, the Academy will offer a series of virtual and in person events encouraging conversation, questions and debate
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NewsFrance’s ERAFP chooses credit managers for €8bn in new mandates
Amundi, Ostrum and HSBC bag active mandates
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NewsOliver Morley leaves chief executive role at PPF
Morley will take up the role of CEO at Money and Pensions Service (MaPS)
