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Investment returns fail to match liabilities for 30% of Dutch pension funds – research
Small sector schemes score especially badly in the study performed by the new website overrendement.nl
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Ethos Foundation forms European alliance for corporate governance research
Ethos European Network will provide detailed analysis and research on corporate governance and voting recommendations for AGMs of the largest listed companies in Europe
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Sustainability roundup: 80% increase in sustainable investing, new research shows
Plus: Redwheel launches sustainability framework
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Mercer research shows £35bn surplus for FTSE 350 pension schemes
The present value of liabilities fell from £627bn at 30 November 2022 to £595bn at the end of December 2022 driven by a rise in corporate bond yields
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Fiduciary managers face challenges as growth slows and AUM falls
Total fiduciary management AUM decreased 5% to £218bn in 2022, largely as result of a rise in yields driving declines in Gilts and LDI portfolios
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IPE Research: Top pension funds face washout investment year
Data shows that 2022 was the worst performing since 2008
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Act now to curb downside climate risk, investors warned
‘At present, many investments are not accurately priced with regard to climate transition,’ says Thinking Ahead Institute
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IPE survey: private equity managers expect stable fundraising, transaction volumes
Given the current valuation levels, 64% of managers said they expected transaction volumes to be stable over the next two years
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UK large employers plan pensions management outsourcing, research shows
The shift is due to increasing regulation driving scheme management into ever more technical territory
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Members demand more from their schemes, Hymans’ latest research shows
Retirement outcomes for DC scheme members in master trusts have undoubtedly been impacted by recent market challenges
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UK trustee boards do not prioritise diversity and inclusion, says TPR
Just 10% of DB schemes and 14% of DC schemes were collecting trustee diversity data, TPR research shows
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Low number of investors flag sustainability benefits of fiduciary management
‘Help with sustainable investing is far lower down the pecking order of perceived benefit,’ says CoreData
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Investment Association members’ AUM reaches £10trn
UK continues to be leading centre for investment management, second only to US internationally
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IPE Top 1000: Pension assets increase of well over €600bn reflects 2021’s markets
Developed market equities returned over 30% in euro terms in 2021, compared with losses of around 4.7% in global aggregate bonds
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Mandates model from FCLTGlobal helps investors address long/short-term conflict
‘The relationship between asset owners and managers presents a classic time-horizon mismatch,’ report says
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Passive ESG equity funds show greater value for money
Investors should aim for the lowest cost option, says ClearGlass
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Asset managers now clearer about environmental, social voting policies
US index giants BlackRock and Vanguard have lower environment, social focus than do major European managers, study finds
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Top business school proves ESG does not harm corporate bond portfolios
Academic evidence can give comfort to bond investors, says Insight Investment RI chief
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Scope ESG integration study shows wide differences between asset managers
Points were awarded to asset managers based on the number of sustainability aspects asset managers had taken into account
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PwC Luxembourg launches European ESG dashboard
Research reveals that 66% of European institutional investors plan to stop investing in non-ESG funds