All Returns articles – Page 16
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ECB prioritises tackling inflation with historic rate hike
Bank likely to raise interest rates by a further 50 and 25 basis points in the next two meetings before year-end
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Academics find ‘sweet spot’ for investors seeking to balance ESG scores and returns
Research may prove controversial, given the increasingly popular belief that ESG performance does not require investors to compromise returns
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AP7 sticks with emerging markets overweight despite drag in H1
Swedish national pension fund’s product loses 11.6% between January and June – but still beats private-sector options
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ATP after biggest-ever loss: ‘guarantees are intact’
Danish pensions giant posts 36.4% loss on geared return-seeking investment portfolio – widest six-month loss since fund’s inception
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Growing alternatives portfolio saves PFA from worse H1 fate
Danish commercial pensions heavyweight suffers DKK214m business loss in six months, says mainly due to volatile financial markets
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AP3 overtakes AP4 to become largest Swedish buffer fund
Other major Nordic pension funds GPFN and KLP reveal first-half losses of 5.4% and 2.1%
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Elo reports H1 solvency dip ahead of new strategy roll-out
Finnish pension insurer reports 4.5% investment loss between January and June – in line with Varma’s, narrower than Ilmarinen’s
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AP2’s broad portfolio mitigates effect of turbulent markets
Alternative investments, which include unlisted real estate, venture capital and sustainable infrastructure, returned a whopping 10% in ‘turbulent times’, says CEO
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Varma neck and neck with Ilmarinen as hedge funds pay off in H1
Finnish pension insurance company joint number one in AUM terms with €56.7bn
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Norway’s SWF finds reasons to cheer despite losing €170bn
CEO Nicolai Tangen applauds NBIM beating benchmark for first time ever in sharply-falling market
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Ilmarinen posts 6.2% investment loss after worsening Q2
Finnish pension fund CEO says more people applying for disability pensions once again
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Schroders identifies persistence in private equity returns [updated]
Research by Schroders Capital finds that past performance could be more instructive for some parts of the private equity market than others
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Icelandic pension fund foreign allocations shrink after H1 rout, stronger krona
Pension funds hit by 5.4% investment loss in first half of 2022, with foreign assets alone losing 14%, central bank data show
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Fondazione Enasarco to invest €500m in Italian bonds
One of the goals of the new strategy was is to cut real estate and increase exposure to liquid asset classes such as bonds and equities
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Italian industry-wide pension funds return -8.3% in H1
Net assets totaled €63bn in industry-wide pension funds, €27bn in open pension funds and €43.7 in “new” PIPs, says COVIP
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UK pension fund deficits drop by £2bn
‘The threat of global recession still looms over growth markets,’ XPS says
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AMF’s negative earnings given fillip by discount rate uptick
Sweden’s number two occupational pension fund reports investments lost nearly a tenth of value in ‘dramatic and turbulent’ first half
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Dutch pension assets shrink by €300bn in H1 2022
Decrease in assets presents reversal of long-standing trend, as pension assets had increased from €556bn in 2009 to a record €1.8trn by the end of 2021
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London CIV posts gross savings of £25m
‘We do understand the challenges involved as each client fund wants to make investment decisions based on their decisions about strategic asset allocations,’ says chair
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Passive ESG equity funds show greater value for money
Investors should aim for the lowest cost option, says ClearGlass