Pension Fund Strategy – Page 87
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DNB scheme ponders joining consolidation vehicle
It reduced the number of trustees from nine to six, and established its own administrative bureau for board support
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NewsFunding roundup: JPMorgan AM sees 6.5% funding level drop for UK schemes
Plus: PPF 7800 index May 2020 figures; Dutch schemes’ funding levels
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Dutch building scheme sticks to ‘expensive’ PE, hedge funds
The fund reduced management fees for hedge funds by 27% during the past five years by negotiating service fees
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LGPS pool makes early stewardship code reporting move
Brunel Pension Partnership publishes first annual report responsible investment and stewardship outcomes report
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BMO sees stable long-term returns if depression can be avoided
Equity developed markets expected to generate 4.5% on average
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Local Pensions Partnership establishes admin business as distinct entity
Move to establish LPPA ties in with new five-year plan
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NewsFund of funds gives Swiss investors option to deploy capital into SMEs
Companies looking for financing would issue preferred shares for the fund
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ICGN ‘adds voice calling for change’ in racial discrimination statement
ICGN responds to death of George Floyd and protests with statement setting out ‘duty to listen, to educate ourselves, to take concrete actions’
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Philips scheme to reinvest most of its 7.5% cash holdings
Cash was the scheme’s only asset class generating a negative return last year
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Universities scheme decides exclusions, cites prospects concerns
Higher education scheme set to make its first exclusion-based divestments
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Country ReportNordic Region: Pension funds step up to the plate
Nordic pension funds have been quick to offer support to local ecomomies affected by the coronaviris crisis
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InterviewsHow we run our money: PPF - Defending UK pensions
Barry Kenneth, CIO of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF), tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about managing the fund’s portfolio during the COVID-19 outbreak
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InterviewsOn the record: APG - A rethink is needed
Thijs Knaap, senior strategist at APG, says the pandemic means that investment strategies need to be reconsidered
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Dutch notaries scheme to heed member wishes on ESG themes
Concrete modelling of ESG policy will based on asset-liability mangement study
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NewsHow UK local authorities have managed the pandemic
LGPS funds have weathered the pandemic’s storm so far, but expect things to get more difficult later this year
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NewsShell’s Dutch scheme introduces own ESG benchmark
The scheme moved 40% of its equity holdings – 22.6% of its entire portfolio at year-end – to its custom ESG benchmark
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InterviewsPremier Foods deal: ingredients unusual, but principle replicable
A ‘landmark’ pensions agreement has been struck at the UK food manufacturer
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SWFs keep risk exposure during pandemic
Investors were already either overweight cash or underweight equities before March 2020
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NewsPGB to commit €460m in US private equity through RCP
The investment, representing approximately 1.5% of its assets, will focus on the lower mid market segment
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NewsSwiss pension funding levels recover after falling below 100%
Returns reached -3.9% at the end of April compared to 10.6% in 2019
