Pension Fund Strategy – Page 155
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Special Report
Risk and Portfolio Construction: Beefing up the midfield
Investors that need both to limit the volatility of their funding-levels and achieve returns in excess of their liabilities face the twin challenge of low-growth and rock-bottom interest rates. In response, Lynn Strongin Dodds finds them adapting their traditional ‘barbell’ portfolios, albeit slowly, into something more broadly diversified
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Risk and Portfolio Construction: Annus horribilis?
After a 30-year bond bull market and an arguably easy run for risk parity, in 2013 practitioners suddenly found themselves grappling with significant problems in multiple asset classes. Jennifer Bollen asks four leading managers how they coped with the consequences of last summer’s bonds slump
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Risk and Portfolio Construction: All change
Tapan Datta asks how investors can begin to address uncertainty in a rising yield environment, in bond portfolios, multi-asset portfolios and LDI strategies
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Risk and Portfolio Construction: Absolutely clear
Absolute return bond strategies are understandably attracting a lot of attention, but it is a complex and diverse sector. Joseph Mariathasan looks at some key characteristics
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NewsDutch insurers prove local investment a 'responsible policy', minister says
Minister for Economic Affairs presents concrete plan for proposed National Investment Institution
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APG invests $650m into Chinese logistics joint venture with e-Shang
Dutch pension fund asset manager takes 20% stake in Chinese warehousing developer
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Proposed pan-European pension fund for researchers hits roadblock
Industry organisations reject European Commission plans to create European scheme for mobile researchers
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Dutch scheme PNO Media to enter 'exclusive' relationship with provider MPD
MPD to increase focus on pension fund in wake of failed merger with PGB
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NewsSwedish government calls on AP funds to justify domestic investment bias
Buffer funds could work together on non-listed assets as alternatives weightings grow
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Dutch Pensions Federation opposes pay increase for trustees
Lobby group says sector should not to operate as commercial business
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Guarantees 'strangling' Germany's Pensionskassen – Towers Watson
Consultancy says benefits actually higher without guarantee
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Report: No justification for lack of full disclosure on investment fees
London’s Cass Business School calls for managers to fully disclose all cash, non-cash costs affecting asset performance
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Austria's derivatives cap hindering would-be SRI investors, VBV warns
Severance pay funds call for more flexibility on hedging instruments, real estate investments
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Diversified fund market to double after spike in DB inflows
Investors in funds increasingly looking for alpha, market to grow to £201bn by 2018
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Pension funds recommend diversification in ILS as rates fall
Industry sees no prospect of rates rising from a catastrophic event, but urge investors to look beyond catastrophe risk
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NewsSwiss funds slow to consider variable pension benefits
Many funds may be waiting to test the waters before considering controversial changes to pensioner payouts
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Managers call on peers to take lead on responsible investing
Investment Leaders Group launch report calling for better research on environmental ‘megatrends’
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NewsThree largest Austrian Pensionskassen increase hold on market
Austrian supervisor FMA presents figures on retirement sector showing largest funds account for three-quarters of assets
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European institutions to allocate €211bn to smart beta by 2018
Research finds UK and rest of Europe differ in reasoning for allocations, market dominated by institutional allocations
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IORP II to increase costs in German second pillar, Longial warns
German industry to struggle with European Commission’s definition of IORPs, company says
