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Grégoire Haenni: How Switzerland’s CPEG is building resilience
Grégoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, the public pension fund for the Swiss canton of Geneva, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about his views about markets and the fund’s sustainability journey
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Pension funds at risk from cyber security threats
Regulators are increasingly focusing on the vulnerabilities of pension funds to the threat of cyber attack, which can bring disruption and potentially large-scale reputational fallout for schemes and sponsors
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Asset-backed lending in turbulent times
While the pandemic has caused major disruption to our everyday lives, the direct and indirect effects of government intervention, monetary policy, the war in Ukraine and Brexit are also taking shape. With global supply chains impacted, soaring inflation and product shortages, the current environment is clearly challenging. However, with dislocation comes opportunity.
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ESG: Managing indices to match convictions
More and more investors know it is perfectly possible to link index management with responsible investment by choosing an index fund or an ETF
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Coverage regulation puts strain on merger of Swiss pension funds
New federal law says public schemes must have coverage ratio of 80% by 2052.
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Briefing: Europe turns Japanese
Despite the more immediate concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic, the spectre of ‘Japanisation ’ casts a dark shadow over euro-zone investment markets. It is possible that the current crisis will supercharge the pre-existing trend for Europe to follow Japan’s economic and financial experiences.
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SWFs confound the sceptics
Despite reports that sovereign wealth funds are cashing in their assets to cope with falling oil prices, the sector is still growing
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Friday people roundup
Caisse de prévoyance de l’Etat de Genève, BT, BlueBay Asset Management, JLT Employee Benefits, Sacker & Partners
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Friday people roundup
Caisse de Prévoyance du Canton de Geneve, VBL, Nordbank, Dexia, SWIP, Schroders
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How we run our money: CPEG
Grégoire Haenni, CIO of CPEG, the public pension fund for the Swiss canton of Geneva, explains the fund’s multidimensional approach to asset allocation
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Case Study: CPEG
Switzerland’s most vulnerable pension fund has been offered a CHF4.7bn bailout from its sponsor, the canton of Geneva
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Swiss pension funds turn backs on securities lending market
SWITZERLAND – Schemes cite 'unattractive' risk/reward, conflicts of interest with borrowers.
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Zurich and Swiss Re accept pension fund 'say on pay'
[13:00 CET 11-01] SWITZERLAND – Zurich Financial Services and Swiss Re have agreed to submit their remuneration reports to an advisory vote of shareholders at their next annual general meetings (AGM), following pressure from Swiss pension funds.
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Swiss pension funds continue 'say-on-pay' struggle
[16:15 CEST 24-09] SWITZERLAND – The Ethos foundation together with eight pension funds is planning to petition for 'say-on-pay' at another four large Swiss listed companies.
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Report outlines pension funds' SRI practices
GLOBAL – A new report from the United Nations has highlighted the socially responsible investment practices of some of the world's most influential pension funds.
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Ethos funds demand say on UBS pay
[16:10 CEST 23-09] SWITZERLAND – The Swiss pension fund-owned asset manager Ethos has filed a shareholder resolution, together with eight Swiss pension funds, to demand a “say on pay” within UBS and four other major Swiss corporates.
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How China rules the waves
FT investigation: Beijing has spent billions expanding its ports network to secure sea lanes and establish itself as a maritime power. Pakistan’s Arabian Sea port of Gwadar is perched on the world’s energy jugular. Sea lanes nearby carry most of China’s oil imports; any disruption could choke the world’s second-largest economy.
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Big European funds back UN investment principles
Some of Europe’s largest pension funds have signed up to the United Nations’ new set of six responsible investment principles. Signatories to the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), launched at the New York Stock Exchange, include national pension funds in Norway, Ireland, France, Sweden as well as names such as ...