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UK roundup: PPI, KiwiSaver, Hymans Robertson, Michelin, LCP
PPI research on auto-enrolment contributions in New Zealand show risk of levelling down.
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Mandate roundup: Cornwall, JLT, NEST, LCP, Michelin Pension and Life Assurance
UK – Cornwall local authority tenders £50m hedging mandate to offset inflation risk.
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France: Macron’s major pension reforms take effect
September sees the enactment of controversial retirement reforms passed by presidential decree earlier this year, bringing 42 occupational regimes together
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Michelin considers UK scheme closure
UK – The French tyre manufacturer is considering to close the defined benefit scheme for its UK operations to future entrants and accruals as of 2009.
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Michelin “sound” despite e2.9bn pension gap
FRANCE – Tyre maker Michelin says it is “sound” despite announcing a 2.9 billion euro deficit in its pension and other post-retirement benefit plans.
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European equities: The stock-pickers return
How can European equity portfolio managers find genuinely idiosyncratic stock risk amid the current top-down noise?
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How we run our money: Xerox UK Final Salary Pension Scheme
Jeffrey McMahon, head of pension investment and risk at Xerox UK, tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the plan to make the company’s legacy DB scheme self-sufficient
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European Equities: What Impacts In The Event Of A Tariff War With The United States?
While the threat of a large-scale Sino-US tariff war appears to be receding, the US could now switch its focus to its trade deficits with the European Union. With this in mind, we wanted to find out which European equities, in terms of country, sector or individual companies, would be hardest hit by a trade conflict.
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Are loyalty shares a game-changer?
Nina Roehrbein asked Mirjam Staub-Bisang about sustainable investment in Switzerland
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Proper rewards for loyalty
The key driver of investment decision making should not be immediate investment returns, but long term viability and profitability.
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S&P puts European firms on watch for pensions
EUROPE – Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has put some of Europe’s leading companies onto negative credit watch because of their unfunded pension liabilities.
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TPG surprised at S&P pension rating
NETHERLANDS – TPG, the Dutch logistics firm, has said it is surprised to be one of the companies put on credit watch by ratings firm Standard & Poor’s because of unfounded pension liabilities.
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In Credit: The sun shines on Brazil?
Core US bond yields drifted higher again last week with volatility in Europe centred upon the Italian bond market once again.
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ThyssenKrupp in “intense dialogue” with S&P
GERMANY – German industrial group ThyssenKrupp says it is in “intense dialogue” with Standard & Poor’s following the ratings agency’s decision to put it on credit watch negative because of its pension liabilities.
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UK: Thinking beyond Brexit
Pensions regulation has taken a backseat to Brexit but this has not stopped the industry from moving ahead with changes
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Turning overtime into downtime
Ask asset managers doing business with German corporate pensions what they feel is driving the industry these days, and many will rattle off two acronyms: “CTAs and ZWKs”. No need to worry if these acronyms don’t ring a bell. No one outside of corporate pensions in Germany has a clue ...
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Funds seek fewer investment limits
Like many other Polish financial reforms, the private pensions system was designed to boost the local capital markets. OFEs operate under a range of investment caps – except in the case of state treasuries where investment is unlimited – including a 40% limit on publicly traded Polish equities, 10% in ...
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Cross Asset Investment Strategy - May 2019
Equity markets have remained buoyant in recent weeks: the S&P 500 is trending towards an all-time high, the European equity market (STOXX 600) is close to last year’s peak and the performances of emerging markets have also been very strong.
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AXA IM Stewardship Report 2022
Against a tumultuous backdrop that has seen misgivings emerge about the case for environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing in certain parts of the world, we believe it is now more important than ever to positively influence company behaviour through effective and robust stewardship.