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Pensions insurer makes 6.5% return on hedge funds as weighting increases in portfolio
The pension fund for lawyers in Italy tightened the grip on costs as the number of members decreased by 1.3% year-on-year in 2023
Italy’s largest pension scheme is splitting its assets into two macro portfolios
Interested applicants have until 10 May to apply
Advisers and fiduciary managers are working as hard as ever to meet the liquidity needs of pension funds
Eric Huizing, chief investment officer at Ahold Delhaize Pensioen, explains to Tjibbe Hoekstra how the pension fund is progressing not only with its climate-focused investments but also the change in the Dutch pension system
European pension funds have reduced their allocations to China as the outlook for the country’s economy becomes more uncertain
A new investment leadership team is seeking to draw a line under the continuing governance debacle at the €110bn Swedish pension giant and will reset the investment strategy
With inflation past its peak and central banks signalling monetary easing, investors can look forward to a prolonged period when interest rates will be at normal levels – barring any surprise decline in economic growth or other kinds of shocks.
Sam Tufts, head of strategy and solutions in asset management team at Phoenix, spoke to IPE about the group’s plan to extend its private markets experience for DC
After a horrible 2023, Chinese stocks look cheap and attractive. But most US pension funds do not seem interested in investing in the Chinese stock market. On the contrary, they have reduced their holdings since 2020 and some are exiting entirely, according to Bloomberg analysis.
The late Jack Welch, CEO of General Electric for two decades until 2001, was not only a legendary businessman who grew GE’s market cap 30-fold over his tenure. He also inspired a minor revolution in pension fund management that dates back to the days of mainframe computers and telex machines.
The explosion of ChatGPT-style large language models (LLMs) has ignited a heated debate over the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in investment management and its role in institutional investor portfolios. However, amid the noise, a groundbreaking application of AI has quietly arisen, which has the potential to revolutionise the industry.
NEST joined the Mansion House Compact in July 2023 as one of the first signatories, committing to allocating at least 5% of its default funds to unlisted equities by 2030
DWS will continue to consider ’engagement’ as an important tool when discussing sustainability and ESG issues
The scheme plans to cover further asset classes with existing sustainability strategy
Nordic equities mandates will have tracking error limit of 4% against category benchmark, FTN reveals, but still gives no date for upcoming tender
IPE asked eight manager research business leaders: what will be the three most important topics or trends in manager selection over the next 12 months and beyond?
Abrdn and JPMorgan are only two non-Nordic asset managers out of six successful bidders for SEK11bn of European equity provision
New authority procuring funds for premium pension system reacts to unexpected changes in tender documentation
Swedish Fund Selection Agency sets 18 April deadline for its second tender
Preparation for premium pension system procurements for global and European index funds now in final stages, says agency
European pension funds are looking to maintain their equity allocations, despite an uncertain outlook for global growth
Danish pension fund CIO says carbon budget indices, plus customisation, let fund ‘achieve our climate objectives in a credible way’
Danish pension fund manager “pleasantly surprised” by volume of extremely high quality offers received
A majority of North American and Asian investors believe, however, that traditional methods for investment analysis will be overshadowed by AI applications
In 2016, we published a paper titled ‘How can ‘smart beta’ go horribly wrong?’, the first in a series on the future of factor investing and other forms of so-called smart beta. Did smart beta go horribly wrong? Yes and no.
Italy’s largest pension scheme is splitting its assets into two macro portfolios
Cardano will provide services including investment advice, investment management, and risk management for the £250m scheme
Advisers and fiduciary managers are working as hard as ever to meet the liquidity needs of pension funds
The Spanish pension provider Caja de Ingenieros Gestion serves more than 215,000 members, predominantly from the Spanish engineering sector, using an investment style based on independent analysis, with a bottom-up approach.
Research Affiliates founder Rob Arnott finds ‘most factors look very cheap’ in a new paper highlighting the attractiveness of many equity factor strategies
While bond and equity markets have been pummeled in 2022, Alternative Risk Premia strategies have at last been able to demonstrate their diversification prowess. Will this year’s performance restore investor confidence in these strategies after the painful results of 2020?