Returns – Page 58
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Dijsselbloem to lead Dutch committee on discount rate
Committee is expected to conclude that pension funds must lower their assumptions for returns
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Major Swiss pension funds outline losses after ‘sobering’ 2018
Migros and APK are latest to report overall losses after equity market falls
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Aon sets up German pension fund, DAX companies top up funding
UnitedPensions Deutschland AG is the 33rd Pensionsfonds to get a license from German BaFin
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NewsChart of the Week: Pension funds' objectives for 2019
IPE survey reveals risk management is the top priority for the majority of pension funds this year
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NewsBiggest Dutch scheme cuts return assumptions after 2018 losses
Five largest Dutch pension funds report annual results ranging from 0.3% gain to 2.3% loss as equities plummet in December
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Austrian pension funds post 5.3% average loss for 2018
Funds hit by equity volatility but long-term average remains over 5%
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Swiss regulator: More pension funds to be underfunded after 2018 volatility
Authority defends the introduction of further risk assessment tools for collective pension funds
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NewsEquities drag Switzerland’s Publica to 3.2% loss in 2018
CHF37.6bn pension investor gained from real estate and infrastructure last year
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NewsDanish roundup: MP, Industriens, Sampension post weak 2018 returns
Brexit, trade war and rising interest rates dragged markets down, says academics’ fund
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Investors ‘must research equity overlays’ as demand soars: Bfinance
Asset owners began shift to explicit equity protection in 2018, but consultancy warns of complications
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ABP gains €700m from tobacco, nuclear arms divestment
Civil service scheme attributes profit to good timing of sales as equity markets rose over summer
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Equity slump increases chances of cuts at Dutch schemes
Funding down by 4 percentage points to 104% on average in December, as UK also experiences declines
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Spanish pension funds eke out return despite volatility
Occupational pension funds returned an average 0.7% for the 12 months to end-September
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Wellcome Trust warns on private equity after stellar returns
UK charitable foundation nets 50% gains from co-investments and 32% from venture capital
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Swiss statistics office delivers final pension fund results for 2017
Net investment returns double those of 2016, according to the Bundesamt für Statistik
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Joseph Mariathasan: What should drive ESG investing?
Mathematical measures are not the best way of assessing the effectiveness of ESG strategies, argues Joseph Mariathasan
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Cardano: Brexit deal failure ‘could see deficits soar by a third’
DB schemes’ collective shortfall could increase dramatically if withdrawal agreement fails, and improve if it passes
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IPE Conference: Veritas CIO on ‘beautiful’ Finnish pension system
‘Unfortunate’ pro-cyclicality said to be price for long-term functioning
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IPE Conference: Governments must ‘get real’ on infrastructure investing
Infrastructure is the second most popular asset class for investors on a three-year basis, reports CREATE-Research
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Challenges remain for PPF despite funding improvements
More than half of UK schemes are underfunded, with an aggregate deficit of £115bn
