Returns – Page 16
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NewsAlmenni makes 5% nominal H1 return, but inflation means zero real return
Icelandic pension fund says foreign equity prices rose between January and June, while domestic stock prices fell
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NewsUSS sees assets under management drop by 16%
USS asset under management fell from £90.8bn to £75.5bn last year
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NewsAMF posts 4.4% first-half return and says it can continue to broaden portfolio
Swedish blue-collar pension fund reports gains from listed equities, fixed income and alternatives between January and June
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NewsAP1 nudges equities allocation, duration higher in first half
Swedish national pension fund produces 6.6% January-June investment return despite 7% loss on property holdings
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NewsEquity returns boost Dutch funding ratios
Double-digit returns on listed equity more than compensated for investment losses on non-listed real estate for the Netherlands’ five largest pension funds
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NewsBorder to Coast on target to deliver £340m savings for partner funds
The pool claims so far to have saved its members an estimated £65m, but CEO Rachel Elwell says pooling is ‘more than delivering cost savings’
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NewsAlecta delivers stable returns despite rough spring
‘The loss of SEK20bn is an enormous amount and we fully understand that customers and owners have been worried,’ says acting CEO
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NewsDACH roundup: Swiss pension funds returns 4.6% in H1
Plus: WTW warns of liabilities for Swiss corporate schemes; GDV’s report on occupational schemes, insurers; Institutional investors back KKA Partners fund
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NewsAP4 wins back almost half last year’s loss by end of June
Swedish buffer fund says strong stock market performance boosted returns in first half of 2023
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NewsNordic roundup: Industriens posts 3.3% in H1, Sampension sees weaker H2
Sampension CIO says second half of 2023 could well be weaker than the first, as market positivity overblown
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NewsChancellor reveals plans to boost pension investments in UK growth
Plus: DC pension schemes sign up to Mansion House Compact
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NewsLD Pensions’ returns grow in June, but it warns of slowing economic growth
Danish pension fund manager reports 5.5% first-half return for Holiday Allowance Fund
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NewsUK roundup: Small DC schemes fail to meet value expectations
Plus: Border to Coast sets up engagement programme; Risk sharing could provide an age-old solution, says Hymans Robertson; Impact Cubed launches SDG dataset
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NewsPFA hails strong first-half returns after piling on US tech stocks
Denmark’s largest pension provider ‘relatively positive’ about second-half prospects
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NewsBaFin deploys full range of regulatory tools to fight greenwashing
The regulator’s efforts are currently focusing on the ‘environmental’ aspect of ESG, and particularly on climate change
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NewsDanish pension funds recoup seventh of 2022 losses by end of May
Velliv warns it could take up to five years to iron out last year’s pension losses
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NewsLothian scheme commits to infrastructure with 13.4% allocation
The value of unquoted private equity, infrastructure, timber and secured loan investments at 31 March 2023 stood at £1.7bn
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NewsPensioenfonds ING anticipates 20% benefits increase in new DC system
The fund’s board believes the reduced need for a buffer in DC will translate into higher pension benefits
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NewsThames Water crisis: Investors dive deep into water sector’s future prospects
UK ministers are discussing temporary nationalisation of Thames Water as investors and the government braced for the potential collapse of the firm
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NewsPension assets shrank 16% last year, with 20% decline for Netherlands, UK
After 2022 dive in nominal bond prices, falls in equities, no country had funded pensions of more than twice its GDP, survey finds
