All Returns articles – Page 8
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BaFin 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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Danish 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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Lothian 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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Pensioenfonds 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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Thames 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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Pension 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
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German schemes could face further liquidity risks
Substantial rating downgrades of securities held by German investment funds could lead to high outflows
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DAX pension investors set to benefit from calmer capital markets
Funding ratios reached a new high of 79% last year, compared with 72% the previous year, Aon report finds
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DACH roundup: City of Zurich Pensionskasse bumps up alternatives
Plus: Swiss association on investments in reform process; Austrian pension funds see AUM shoot up; German Spezialfonds add green assets;
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Dutch pension funds’ move to segregated mandates knock alternative funds
EFAMA sees gradual shift towards ETFs and index funds
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PLSA conference panel pushes for ‘outcome-generating’ investments
Any long-term investment vehicle for the UK should be just as attractive to overseas investors as it is to UK investors
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Italian pension funds lean towards domestic investments, says COVIP
Many pension funds are also expanding their investment strategies in private equity and private debt, according to the pensions regulator
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Swiss pension funds set to change SAA to reach bond investment targets
According to Swisscanto, 17% of pension funds surveyed adjusted their strategic asset allocation, and 35% changed allocations tactically.
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PLSA pinpoints UK investment potential for pension funds
The association expects the scale and distribution of assets across the pensions sector to alter substantially over the next decade
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Nordic roundup: AMF invests pre-IPO, AP7’s blacklist, LD Fonde 3.1% return
AP7 adds seven coal stocks to blacklist; LD Fonde says growing market jitters could hit returns
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DACH roundup: German pension schemes’ investments in Spezialfonds drop
Plus: European Commission green lights UBS-Credit Suisse merger
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Church of England posts 5% return amid volatile market
Despite ‘challenging environment for financial markets’ Church Commissioners delivered positive investment return
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Italy roundup: Previndai ups exposure to corporate, government bonds
Plus: Eurofer pushes on with direct investments
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Germany’s BVK looks to expand investment grade bonds portfolio
Investment grade bonds have become ‘significantly more attractive’ because of increasing interest rates
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Portuguese pension funds return -11.4% for calendar year 2022
Average gains of 1.5% in the final quarter of 2022 took Portuguese pension funds to an average -11.4% return for the 12 months to 31 December 2022. In contrast, the three months to September 2022 had produced an average -2.9% return, with a -11.3% return for the 12 months to ...