Pension Fund Strategy – Page 48
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NewsNorway’s SWF axes Shanghai office
NBIM says decision to close only Chinese branch doesn’t affect its investment strategy or China assets
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NewsBAE Systems appoints Goldman Sachs Asset Management for £23bn mandate
The plans sponsor’s in-house investment management team will join Goldman Sachs AM
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NewsSwiss pension funds topped up rates despite losses, assets fall – study
Complementa also says one in five pension funds plan to increase their bond allocation
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AnalysisAnalysis: UBS/Credit Suisse pension funds merger
To protect beneficiaries of both pension schemes, a precondition for the merger is that the pension funds have at least in principle an ‘equal’ funding ratio
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InterviewsUSS: British universities adopt modern pension investment governance
Mirko Cardinale, head of investment strategy and advice at USS Investment Management, speaks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the recent changes in the scheme’s governance framework
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Opinion PiecesResistance to Germany’s new buffer fund proposal
Last year, the manager of Germany’s pay-as-you-go first-pillar scheme, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, recorded income of €363bn, the largest share coming from contributions (€275.6bn), and €87.4bn in public subsidies.
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Opinion PiecesCambridge and Westminster: a tale of two pension schemes
The Houses of Parliament and Cambridge University are two venerable British institutions. But the differences in how they run their pension arrangements illustrate the contrast between the UK-style pooled liability-driven investment (LDI) and a more traditional form of pension investing, no longer as popular in the UK but still common elsewhere.
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InterviewsPension funds on the record: The investors developing their own index methodologies
FRR and PUBLICA are among the growing number of European pension funds developing proprietary benchmarks to achieve their sustainability objectives
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NewsVER returns 3.7%, queries basis for tech stocks boom
Finnish buffer fund for government staff pensions sees geopolitics continuing to dictate appeal of individual investment markets
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NewsUK roundup: ITB Pension Funds complete £290m buy-in with Just Group
Plus: Aon publishes DB funding report; TPT enhances responsible investment choices for DC members
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NewsSweden’s tech-heavy AP7 trumpets 17.7% first half return
Buffer fund AP2 lags peers with 4.8% H1 gain; pensions firm Folksam reports 5.6%
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NewsCanton of Aargau parliament approves APK’s pension plan changes
The level of benefits continued to fall, from 58% to 55% of the insured salary, below the original level of 65%
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NewsAllianz Austrian pension funds turn to impact investment funds
In real estate and infrastructure the Vorsorgekasse excludes investments in fossil fuel companies
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NewsIlliquids balance blamed, as ATP loses most of Q1 gains
‘Always thinking about alternatives-liquids balance’, says Danish statutory pension fund CEO on asset mix of geared investment portfolio
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NewsDenmark’s LD sifts through 12 bids in alternatives debut
Manager of Holiday Allowance Fund to invest up to DKK2bn in listed alternatives, starting with private equity
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NewsPPF latest climate report shows focus on high-quality disclosure
The fund has been spending ‘considerable’ time gathering climate assessment for every asset class, says CIO
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NewsAPK Pensionskasse tactically increases allocation to alternatives
Alternatives now make up 12% of APK’s investment portfolio
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NewsPFA returns to business profit on improved markets
Danish workplace pensions giant reins in occupational capacity insurance losses following FSA’s competition clampdown
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NewsVBL hands out Master KGV mandate to HSBC INKA
The asset manager will focus on asset classes including private equity, infrastructure equity, private debt
