All Returns articles – Page 5
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WTW expects Swiss corporate pension funds to lift technical interest rates
Discount rates increased during the third quarter of this year, pushing down liabilities by 0.5%, according to the consultancy
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Spanish pension funds mirror global market surges with 2.3% return to June 2023
Asset allocation figures show that fixed income still dominates portfolios, although in declining proportions, with an average 55.3% allocation at end-June
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Portuguese pension funds return 1.6% for Q2 2023
Global equities had the highest impact on performance over the quarter, with returns close to 6%, according to WTW
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Fiduciary management market faced 24% fall in asset value in 2022
Client growth also stalled in 2022 as scheme buyouts and transfers to PPF offset new funds moving to fiduciary management
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Sustainable investing underperforms standard index funds – study
Findings show that ‘real-world’ ESG performance is unremarkable
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PFA’s chief strategist sees market upturn despite mood-driven summer dip
Denmark’s largest commercial pensions firm ‘glass half full’ on late 2023 market outlook, said Choi Danielsen
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Belgian pension funds bounce back with 4.5% H1 return
PensioPlus attributed the improved returns to an investment policy focused on long-term investments in the real economy
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AkademikerPension sees positive return impact after shedding last oil/gas major
Danish occupational pension fund divests Italy’s Eni, excluding last large upstream oil and gas company in its portfolio
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Value of UK defined benefit schemes falls by £626bn in 2023
ONS data indicates that the total value of DB pension schemes decreased from over £2trn at the start of 2022 to less than £1.4trn by the end of March
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Private equity still too expensive – GSAM survey
Real estate is the least popular alternative asset class, with three in 10 investors looking to decrease their exposure
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Swiss pension funds increase equity, cut real estate investments
Schemes will likely continue to anchor Swiss and foreign real estate to investment strategies
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APK Pensionskasse holds equity strategy, while eyeing private debt
APK plans to further develop its sustainable investment approach in the fourth quarter of this year
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Finland’s Keva to pile on extra €6.4bn of equities, mostly listed
Municipal pensions heavyweight gets started on implementation of board’s plan to boost returns
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German pension funds pull out of Spezialfonds for first time
Spezialfonds recorded an outlfow worth €1.9bn from pension institutions in the first half of the year, an historic first
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Keva to boost equities as board ramps up risk to target higher returns
Finland’s biggest pension fund argues long-term deficit risk is the institution’s key risk
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Alecta should never had made Heimstaden Bostad investment, says CEO
Swedish occupational pension fund in talks with Norwegian billionaire Ivar Tollefsen and Heimstaden to renegotiate terms of investment
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Austrian provident funds see spike in AUM to €17.5bn in H1
The pension funds recorded a positive return of between 1.37% and 5.74% between 2019 to 2021
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Governance group calls UK government to end DB/DC ‘intergenerational unfairness’
To encourage corporate DB schemes to build a surplus, plan sponsors should be offered the chance to deploy surplus to boost DC contributions, IGG says
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Swiss pension funds over invested in real estate, alternatives
PPCmetrics recorded for the first time rise in average technical interest rate
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NBIM finds venture, growth PE funds have returned less than listed shares
As Norwegian government weighs allowing SWF to add unlisted equity to portfolio mix, fund’s manager publishes analysis of private equity