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NewsUK schemes prefer overseas to domestic equity, PPF data shows
UK – UK pension funds are continuing to shift their equity investments away from domestic holdings to international shares, the latest Purple Book published by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has revealed.
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Turkish pension system grows apace, on track to reach €25bn by 2020
TURKEY – The Turkish private pensions system will hold more than TRY50bn (€25.65bn) in assets by 2020 and even has the potential to grow to twice that size, according to Meral Eredenk, chairwoman of the country’s Pension Monitoring Centre (EGM).
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NewsBT Pension Scheme sees deficit more than halved by CPI switch
UK – The BT Pension Scheme (BTPS) has announced a 55% reduction in its deficit as a result of the switch to the consumer price index (CPI).
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NewsUK roundup: PwC on AIFM, Aviva closes final salary scheme
UK – The UK asset management industry is unprepared for the implementation of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM) directive, with only 2% saying they know how to implement the changes, according to a study conducted by PwC.
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NewsUK roundup: PPF, NAPF, Pension Capital Strategies, Lothian Pension Fund
UK – The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced positive returns for 2009-10, leading to a £400m (€460m) surplus for the organisation.
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Hedge fund appetite
Charlotte Bonde Tamm presents insights into hedge fund investments among Nordic investors
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Features
Twin-track approach
Nina Röhrbein asked Henrik Olejasz Larsen (pictured), CIO of Denmark’s Sampension, about the challenge of offering policies based on contrasting investment strategies
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Special Report
The Nordic Region: Early movers and growing assets
Susanne Jacobson and Linda Stany assess the role smaller investors are playing in the responsible investment area
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Features
Bridging the Atlantic
Gail Moss reports on a transatlantic collaboration project between four pension associations to form a joint response on accounting standards proposals
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Sweden Home bias wanes
Pirkko Juntunen finds that competition reasons may sway domestic allocations among life and pension companies
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: External blacklists dominate ESG
Scandinavian investors have for a long time had a sustainably orientated ethical approach. But Nina Rohrbein finds that this is not playing to the positive
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Denmark’s planned venture capital fund
When key parties from the Danish pensions industry emerged from their meeting with the economics and business affairs minister Brian Mikkelsen back in August 2010, they declared themselves optimistic that somehow they would work together to put together DKK5bn (€670m) of funding to help small and medium-sized enterprises in their ...
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Norway A concentrated equity market
Norway’s stock exchange, Oslo Børs, comprises of 203 issuers, of which 36 are foreign companies. The market-cap totals almost NOK1.5trn (€186bn) and the exchange saw six new listings in 2010.
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Finland Gradual decline
Reeta Paakkinen outlines the local investment trend in Finnish pension investors’ portfolios
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Country ReportThe Nordic Region: Denmark Home front target
Rachel Fixsen investigates the pressures that Danish pension funds are facing to align their investments in support of the domestic economy
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Funds seek to restore equity
Jan Willers outlines some of the key findings of a recent survey on Nordic institutional asset allocation and trends within equities
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Country Report
The Nordic Region: Folketrygdfondet The quiet sibling
Pirkko Juntunen reports on Folketrygdfondet, which manages the Government Pension Fund Norway and the Government Bond Fund within tight regional constraints
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NewsUK roundup: Northern Ireland, Edinburgh Partners, Sackers, Towers Watson, TPR
UK – The Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC), which administers the country’s local government pension scheme, has awarded a global equity mandate to Edinburgh Partners.
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Changes to Hungarian pension system will undermine confidence, says IMF
HUNGARY – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that Hungary’s recently announced pension reforms risk undermining confidence in the system and constitute a “significant step back” for the country.
