Returns – Page 52
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Spanish funds continue climb with second-quarter return
Strong markets boosts returns but Willis Towers Watson warns that high fixed income allocations may have to be reduced
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Market bounce boosts second-quarter gains for Portuguese funds
Strong relative investment performance was not enough to compensate for rising liabilities, according to Willis Towers Watson
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Special ReportChart of the Week: European pension assets exceed €7.7trn
IPE’s Top 1000 Pension Funds survey shows that total assets under management have increased despite market turmoil
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NewsPensionDanmark cuts bonds, adds to real assets in face of low yields
Interim report reveals PensionDanmark’s highest ever first-half return, but CEO Torben Möger Pedersen warns of low and negative yields
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NewsKPA buys €403m Stockholm office as Folksam boosts real estate target
Sweden’s Folksam group has increased its expansion target for its real estate portfolio to €1.9bn, double the level previously announced
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NewsFall in yields deals solvency blow to Danish pension providers
A change to liability calculations for Danish pension providers and insurers has had a significant impact on the companies’ solvency ratios
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NewsATP’s bonus potential swells after €1.9bn bond gains in Q2
Danish pensions giant reins in relative risk in its €45bn investment portfolio, eyeing a possible recession on the horizon
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NewsDisabled workers’ scheme switches to ‘cheaper’ passive strategy
The €8.5bn PWRI is also aiming to expand its responsible investing strategy and has added to allocations to green bonds and its ‘inclusion portfolio’
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Norway’s SWF holds €60bn of negative-yielding bonds
Fixed income netted the NOK9.4trn fund 3.1% in the second quarter of 2019, but a quarter of its allocation now yields less than 0%
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€19bn agriculture sector scheme eyes property investments
BPL’s real estate holdings generated 17.8% last year, according to its annual report – and it wants to put more money into the asset class
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‘Huge’ variations in outcomes between default DC funds: report
Employers have been urged to monitor the performance of their pension plans more closely given big differences between fund outcomes
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Chart of the Week: Equity returns drive LGPS investment gains in 2018-19
Local authority funds for Lancashire and Kensington & Chelsea reported the strongest returns among LGPS funds, as alternatives investors also posted double-digit gains
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€3bn Dutch pharmacy staff scheme reduces risk profile
PMA reduces equities allocation from 50% to 40% in favour of fixed income, lifts interest rate hedging to 40%
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Dutch regulator’s pension fund aims for 30% outperformance on ESG
Pensioenfonds De Nederlandsche Bank also plans to reduce its carbon footprint by 10% relative to benchmark, and cut controversial weapons and tobacco from its investment universe
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KPN scheme ups fixed income holdings after difficult 2018
The €10.2bn KPN Pensioenfonds cuts strategic allocation to securities in favour of fixed income, and has allocated to green bonds
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Chart of the Week: How Europe’s pension funds performed in H1
Double-digit investment performance has not lightened the mood as Dutch pension funds face benefit cuts and others warn of turbulent times ahead
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Church of England eyes private equity after 2.6% loss in 2018
The £2.4bn Church of England Pensions Board was hit by the fourth-quarter public equity crash, but also incurred losses on its liability-matching portfolio
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Swedish roundup: AMF to invest in companies earlier and for longer
CEO Johan Sidenmark warns of “dark clouds on the horizon”, while Folksam chief hails 6.1% H1 return strong despite Swedbank scandal
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Biggest Dutch pension funds face imminent benefit cuts following new rules
Nearly 6m active, deferred and retired members of the Netherlands’ two largest schemes face cuts next year if funding levels fall further in 2019
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CERN gains from real estate revaluations to post 1.3% 2018 return
Northern Trust’s appointment as custodian helped address an ‘operational constraint’ in real asset investments for the scientific research institute’s pension fund
