Pension Fund Strategy – Page 24
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NewsLGPS fund buys stake in nature asset manager
West Yorkshire Pension Fund becomes significant minority owner of Rebalance Earth, taking a 25% stake
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NewsLPFA appoints Minerva to help strengthen its stewardship role
Minerva will develop a bespoke voting policy for LPFA that aligns with the fund’s net zero objectives and targets
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NewsNorwegian SWF dumps €705m General Dynamics stock in new blacklisting
NBIM announces €1bn of exclusions from its investment universe, in latest batch of companies falling foul of the GPFG’s ethical guidelines
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NewsScheme of Italian car maker rejigs investment strategy
Fondo Pensione Quadri e Capi FIAT has adopted new benchmarks for its investments in equities and bonds
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NewsPKSF invests CHF2bn in sustainable funds, appointing manager trio
Swisscanto, Lombard Odier Investment Management and UBS Asset Management were awarded the mandates
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NewsIPE Top 1000: European pension assets rebound to a new high
Top funds’ equity and bond allocations up as alternatives share falls
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NewsAP4 to integrate Scope 3 emissions into investment decisions
The fund is tackling the controversial area as part of its commitment to halve the emissions of its investments by the end of the decade
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AnalysisInvestment strategy: how one Dutch pension fund democratised its ESG process
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel’s groundbreaking attempt to democratise its investment process is just one development in this growing trend
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InterviewsPension funds on euro fixed income: navigating the rate cycle
We asked pension funds in Spain, Germany and Finland about their current views on European fixed income and credit as the ECB looks carefully at the timing and sequence of its rate cuts
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InterviewsKPN Pensioenfonds: Active investors by conviction
Caspar Vlaar and Jaap van Dam of KPN Pensioenfonds talk to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the Dutch fund’s belief in active investing, its venture into private markets and its impact strategy
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Pensions back at a sweet spot
Assets for the leading 1000 European pension funds grew by 8.7% year-on-year, reversing last year’s loss of 6.8%. This brings total assets back up to above their previous high water mark of €9.7trn in 2022’s research exercise. This year’s overall net gain in assets of €775bn is the largest since 2021’s increase of €810bn.
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Special ReportTop 1000 Pension Funds 2024: Data
Skewed distribution of European pension fund assets
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Special ReportTop 10 European pension funds raise equity and bond exposure
Pension funds in most European countries recorded strong returns of between 6% and 9%, according to preliminary figures published this summer by the OECD.
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NewsSwiss pension funds urged to be proactive amid interest rate changes
WTW announces results of latest study of coverage ratios of pension obligations on balance sheets of top Swiss companies
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NewsAP3 leads Swedish buffer fund first-half returns, despite Thames Water hit
As Stockholm buffer funds await decision on merger, AP3’s 7.1% January-to-June return beats AP1, AP2 and AP4
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NewsATP’s first-half return held back by gearing cost, bond yields
Describes return as “expected and generally acceptable in view of market developments”
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NewsEndgame decisions expected by most schemes within next five years
Survey of 100 trustees found that almost all schemes were beginning preparations for entering endgame
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NewsATP defends risk-parity strategy via analysis of five investment models
Denmark’s huge statutory pension fund says other standard pension strategies may suit other products - but not ATP’s dual-aim guaranteed product
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NewsFondaereo’s cross-border project could shake up landscape as EU reviews IORP II
IORP II directive has ‘complicated the regulatory landscape, says CBBA’s Francesco Briganti
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AnalysisIPE DACH Briefing: Swiss to vote on second pillar reform
Plus: Overestimated expenses by FSIO prompt call for Rossini’s resignation; Höchster scheme investing in start-ups
