All Alternatives articles – Page 15
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NewsChart of the Week: Alternatives investors bullish on UN SDGs
Survey shows SDGs hold a lot of promise, but current practice lags expectations
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NewsDanish pension funds set greener investment goals
PenSam pledges 10% green investments; Lærernes Pension blacklists coal and oil firms
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Economists warn investment ‘groupthink’ could hurt pension outcomes
Schemes hiring the same actuaries often made the same strategic investment choice
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NewsKeva’s assets shrink €1.8bn after 3% investment loss in 2018
Finnish pensions giant fund says investment environment was marked by “restlessness”
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NewsPensionDanmark merges private debt and alts departments
Kim Nielsen to lead DKK235.9bn (€31.6bn) provider’s alternative investment operations
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Dutch retailer scheme to ditch hedge funds
Pension fund cites high costs, poor sustainability and lack of transparency
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Norway to cut €6.7bn of ‘upstream’ oil and gas companies from SWF
Finance ministry presents plan to divest some energy activities – but not integrated energy firms
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Risk diversification pays off for PenSam in 2018
Danish pension fund posts 0.3% pre-tax return and cuts costs by 4.8%
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Opinion Pieces
Hedge funds under scrutiny
Last year was good for hedge funds in terms of raising new money. But at the same time the industry suffered its biggest annual loss since 2011
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£8.6bn public sector fund appoints managers for equity protection
Merseyside names panel of five managers to advise on risk management after equity market bull run
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UK and US agree post-Brexit derivatives clearing pact
Senior figures on both sides of the Atlantic have agreed to extend existing oversight powers to cover the UK when it quits the EU next month
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Asset management roundup: PE managers struggle for ‘skin in the game’
Plus: UK trade body launches guide to Libor replacement, urging fund managers to act early
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Vale: Swedish funds cut mining giant from portfolios after dam collapse
AP1 cuts €39m of investments as fellow mining giant BHP pledges support for improved standards
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Investors welcome mining sector first as Glencore amends climate policy
Mining giant vows to align with Paris Agreement and targets zero net emissions after shareholder pressure
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Investors turn on steel industry in push to slow climate change
IIGCC leads calls for steel manufacturers to take long-term approach to reducing emissions
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Netherlands offers UK providers temporary reprieve from no deal Brexit
Exemption from third-country limits likely to be extended until 1 January 2021
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EU bodies agree extension of derivatives clearing waiver
Pension funds to be exempt for another two years with possibility of two more one-year extensions
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UK government seeks to open up illiquid assets to DC funds
DWP proposes illiquids allocation reporting and consolidation review duties, plus charge cap calculation addition
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Asset owners ‘should push for strategy, fee innovation’ at hedge funds
Hedge funds too focused on tangential issues, says Willis Towers Watson
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Brexit: Derivatives trade exodus ‘to start with currency contracts’
Asset manager expects derivatives trade through London only to remain unchanged if Brexit is cancelled
