All Pension Fund Strategy articles – Page 20
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Swedish watchdog grills Alecta, others as US bank losses pile up
NBIM ‘closely monitoring the situation in the market’ after €281m exposure to collapsed banks
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Alecta says it’s solid despite losing €1.3bn on US banks in days
Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank collapses erase 1% of Swedish pensions giant’s portfolio
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Denmark’s P+ returns -12.9%, after higher portfolio risk than most rivals
CEO says -12.9% return must be seen in light of ‘record-high’ 2021 gain
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Inarcassa hedges equity exposure, resumes private markets allocations
According to the new strategic asset allocation for 2023, Inarcassa is increasing its allocation to bonds by 3%, while reducing equities by 1.5%
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Pensioenfonds ING divests from fossil fuels
The fund is the first Dutch company pension scheme to announce its intention to divest from oil and gas firms
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AP7 probes own climate lobbying to ‘set good example’
Sweden’s second-biggest pension fund sets itself twin tasks of being more open about climate lobbying, and doing more evaluation
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LGPS Central seeks active global equity manager
The new manager will be funded in mid 2023 with a total value up to £750m
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Dutch pension fund trio invests in mortgages through MUNT
The investment will increase the pension funds’ invested assets in Dutch mortgages by a total of €1.7bn, pushing ABP assets in mortgages to €4bn, €2bn for BpfBouw, and €1bn for SPW
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AP6 chief questions forex hedging after rule almost wipes out 2022 returns
Swedish private equity pension fund ends year with 1.9% gain; says own strategy was really tested
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Country Report
Germany: Financing the Energiewende
German professional pension funds like ÄVWL and BVK are keen to support the energy transition process
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Interviews
PME Goes Back To The Future – PME Pensioenfonds
Marcel Andringa (pictured) of PME, the Dutch pension fund for the metal and electronics industry, talks to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the fund’s decision to ditch index investing and move to a more concentrated portfolio
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Opinion Pieces
Might Ukraine’s distressed assets one day look attractive to pension funds?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has tested Europe’s political and economic resolve. But where Vladimir Putin attempted to sow discord, he instead has failed to divide the West.
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Features
Research: How pension funds look at Chinese assets
Allocations to Chinese assets are still modest. Vincent Mortier and Amin Rajan discuss key issues in the third and final article from the latest Amundi-Create-Research Survey
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News
VER warns of new investment challenges ahead after law change
Finnish state pension fund’s governing act amended in 2022, increasing fund’s net contributions to the scheme
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Border to Coast appoints emerging market equity managers for £700m
Due to launch in spring 2023, the new fund will complement Border to Coast’s existing internally managed EM proposition
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Valida takes cautious equity approach while increasing alternatives
The Pensionskasse closed 2022 with returns of -8.96%, while the Vorsorgekasse returned -8.5% last year
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AP7 loses 9.5% in 2022 but beats average premium pension fund
State-run default in first-pillar DC system says forex, private equity and risk premia shored up returns last year
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Swiss canton of Vaud pension fund contains losses with real estate, infrastructure
The scheme’s funding ratio stood at 68.6% at the end of 2022
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USS chief signals ‘cautious optimism’ as new report shows £5bn surplus
CEO says more ups and downs may come before end-March official valuation of UK academics’ DB scheme
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Byblos posts investment losses for all three sub-funds
The negative returns last year, particularly that of the Garantito sub-fund, was the result of significant losses in bond markets