Pension Fund Strategy – Page 53
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NewsChurch of England drafts just transition investment principles
With a pensions fortune of £3.7bn, the Church of England follows up May’s 12-fund pledge to work to support the climate transition in emerging markets.
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Dutch pension funds resist call to up weapons investments
The Dutch ministry of defence and NATO had called on pension funds not to exclude weapons manufacturers
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Alecta slashes DB pensions cost, boosts payments – on inflation, rates surge
Sweden’s largest occupational pension provider lifts DB pension payments by nearly 11% and cuts premiums by 40%
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Varma diversifies EM bonds away from govvies with $50m in corporates
Finnish pensions heavyweight makes first foray into EM corporate bonds, buying into HSBC AM’s bottom up fixed-income fund
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NewsNordic pension funds to push climate investment towards developing world
Climate Investment Coalition and Nordic Council of Ministers present set of investor recommendations at COP27 in Egypt
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Alecta tempts former ATP CIO Gade Jepsen to fill top investment role
Sweden’s biggest pension fund clinches high-profile Danish CIO to replace Sterte
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KLP looks forward to high interest rates after 2.6% investment loss
Denmark’s LD says losses mitigated in October – also by inflation hedging, cutting equity risk
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NewsBVK moves €83bn FoF assets to new Universal Investment management company
The assets moved to the new capital management company were held in a fund of funds managed as securities Spezialfonds
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ATP poaches ‘good communicator’ Sampension CFO to complete top team
Pernille Vastrup set to join group management team of Denmark’s largest pension fund from April 2023
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PFZW sells €470m worth of investments in 114 oil and gas companies
The companies that were sold had failed to formulate goals to reduce carbon emissions
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Dutch pension funds keep investing in green bonds despite market rout
In contrast, pension schemes’ exposure to regular bonds has decreased by some €200bn this year
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NewsAustrian Pensionskassen cut equities, up alternative investments in H1
Austrian Pensionskassen returned -8.78% in the first half of this year, down from 7.63% recorded in 2021
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ATP seen as new example of leverage threat for pension funds – after UK LDI turmoil
‘We need a thorough discussion of the role of ATP in the Danish pension system,’ says Jesper Rangvid
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Nordic, English pension funds take VW to court over lobbying silence
Swedish national pension funds, Denmark’s AkademikerPension and Church of England Pensions take legal action against carmaker to ‘clarify grey area for corporate law in Germany‘
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Alecta follows peer AMF into battery unicorn Polarium with €87m
Swedish pensions giant’s equity chief predicts huge long-term demand for batteries as part of the renewables transition
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NewsMSCI sets up client-driven indices to help customise investment strategies
An iCDI solution can serve as an index for an indexed mandate managed by the asset owner internally or by a third-party asset manager
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NewsAkademikerPension aims for faster decisions by slashing top team
Danish pension fund warns of big investment loss for whole of 2022
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Ilmarinen sets strategy to combat loss of biodiversity
Ilmarinen, the Finnish pension insurer, has set its goals for the next two years and a roadmap to combat loss of biodiversity and natural capital in the long term. The latest initiative mirror’s Ilmarinen’s roadmap to climate change which it launched a couple of years ago. “Biodiversity and nature loss ...
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Danish pension fund P+ extends crisis measure as markets plunge
Labour market pension scheme steps up withdrawal penalties on savings withdrawals after market turbulence
