Pension Fund Strategy – Page 8
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Podcast#24 Leaders in Investment podcast: Manfred Brenner and Poul Thybo, CIO and Head of Investments respectively for Austrian pension fund APK
In conversation with Liam Kennedy, Editorial Director, IPE
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NewsPeople’s Pension overhauls pre-retirement strategy, cutting cash, sovereign debt
UK pensions provider revamps its pre-retirement strategy, cutting cash and sovereign debt in favour of global short-dated credit
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NewsSwiss pension funds weigh FX hedging as risk appetite rises
Rising equity allocations and a softer dollar are forcing Swiss pension funds to rethink how tightly they hedge FX
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NewsEuropean Commission publishes official plans for updated SFDR
Transition and impact categories in, adverse impact and taxonomy reporting loosened as regime set to move to a labelling framework
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NewsBritish Business Bank to launch venture capital initiative for pension funds
Bank also confirms Aegon, NatWest Cushon and M&G as investors in first fund launched by the British Growth Partnership
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NewsBBC Pension Scheme completes £6bn longevity swap
The longevity swap covers pensioner liabilities representing around 21,000 members
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NewsEnpam eyes bigger bets on asset managers Nextalia and Green Arrow
Italy’s largest doctors’ pension fund explores increasing holdings in private equity and alternative managers
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NewsAlmenni-Lifsverk to become Iceland’s fifth largest pension fund after vote
Brú and Akureyri pension funds receive confirmation of their merger from ministry
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NewsUBS offloads German Credit Suisse pension book in de-risking deal
UBS completes major German pension buyout as corporates accelerate efforts to shed legacy liabilities
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NewsIceland’s LV shifts entire foreign equities portfolio to segregated accounts
Pension Fund of Commerce completes three major investment management exercises - pooled funds to SMAs, new custodian, and SAA
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NewsSwiss pension funds pursue domestic private equity amid scepticism
Swisscanto’s new domestic private equity fund draws strong pension fund interest as scepticism on the asset class grows
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AnalysisStoltenberg seen as saviour of Norwegian SWF’s recipe for success
Academics laud government, parliamentary move to reset oil fund’s ethical investment rules, while local investment sector player sees it as a prompt for reflection
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NewsItaly’s pension funds deepen private markets drive amid search for diversification
Several Italian pension schemes are expanding allocations to private markets to boost diversification and returns
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NewsNorway unveils temporary ethical rules for SWF, sets up panel to revamp code
Stoltenberg: ‘We must find a balance between the principles the fund is meant to uphold’
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NewsUBS to offer new employees in-house pension fund as Credit Suisse plans unwind
‘Merging pension funds is a complex undertaking,’ says UBS, as it plans to reshape pension arrangements for all Swiss staff by 2027
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NewsPFA’s defence investments balloon to €1bn with years of European rearmament to go
Danish pension fund reveals near tenfold increase in defence sector investments since start of Russia/Ukraine war
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Country ReportNordic Region pension funds report 2025: ATP hits back at critics on risk structure
An academic discussion in a leading business journal has spilled over into a fully fledged debate with the fund’s leadership
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Asset Class ReportsCase study: Pension Danmark focuses on AI, robotics and defence as it weighs up the value of active management
Erik Bennike, head of equities at PensionDanmark, explains the fund’s carefully chosen combination of active and passive management styles
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InterviewsScenarios at the ready: How APG’s chief economist views political risk
Thijs Knaap, APG Asset Management’s chief economist, discusses political risk and how it could affect institutional portfolios
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InterviewsDecision time: Denmark’s Sampension discusses its strategy for European assets
Jesper Nørgaard, deputy CIO at Sampension, discusses whether it is prudent to maintain a large exposure to the US or re-allocate to European equities
