All Alternatives articles – Page 33
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PPF 'disappointed' with UK pension funds' lack of interest in LDI
Chief executive says number of UK schemes using LDI contributed to lack of funding improvement since 2005
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Mandate roundup: Hampshire Pension Fund, RPMI Railpen, Northern Trust
UK’s Hampshire tenders for managers as it outsources more than £400m in alternative assets
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PFZW demands ‘change in mentality’ over carbon emissions approach
Pension fund says its 2020 target to halve carbon emmisions should help create a more sustainable world
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UK DC alternatives exposure jumps by one-third in two years
Marked fall in developed equities allocations exposed in new data by asset manager Schoders
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ESG investment: A Japanese carrot and a stick
In 2014, four years after the UK, Japan became the first country to issue a similar Stewardship Code. He look at the cultural shift occurring in a market traditionally lacking engaged investors
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Cyprus Hotel Employees scheme grows hedge-fund allocation
Pension fund adds global macro strategies to funds of hedge funds in attempt to diversify
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ESMA calls for UCITS amendments with launch of EMIR review
European agency says current UCITS regime unfit for new derivatives regulations as Commission reviews impact of EMIR
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Derivatives account for two-thirds of annual returns at KPN scheme
Listed real estate returns more than 26% at soon-to-be-merged scheme
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Hedge funds need to increase reporting transparency, Northern Trust warns
Development of industry-wide data standards to help disclosure, company argues
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Sovereign wealth funds invest in UK mobile phone operator
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, GIC and CPPIB among investors
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ATP invests in energy-trading company with private equity firm
Investment gives Danish pension fund exposure to little-understood sector with potential for ‘substantial growth’
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ESG: ELTIF - Waiting in the wings
Will European Long-Term Investment Fund live up to the hopes of the socially responsible investment community?
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Asset Allocation: The big picture
Although the severe winter did have a significant impact on US economic activity in the first quarter, the strength of the headwinds from a stronger dollar and the collapse in capital spending within the energy sector have also taken their toll
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NewsPrice of CMBS, infrastructure assets holding back investors – survey
Goldman Sachs Asset Management finds concerns about low-yield environment most on insurers’ minds
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NewsLGPS funds could consider legal action over mandatory passive shift
South Yorkshire fund weighs becoming collective vehicle for other LGPS funds should new UK government choose shift to passive investment
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Irish sovereign fund increases exposure to alternatives
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund sees discretionary portfolio return 3.4% over first quarter
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Norwegian oil fund buys $5.9bn US industrial portfolio
Deal part of joint venture with Prologis as sovereign fund steps up attempts to boost property portfolio
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Largest Dutch schemes blame 'extreme' ECB policy for funding drop
Quarterly returns up to 11.8% fail to offset increasing liabilities, as funds signal they will file new recovery plans
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Strathclyde slashes equities in shift to ‘enhanced yield’ strategies
UK’s largest LGPS moves away from 70% equity allocation to absolute return, hedge funds and debt
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LGPS investment regulations should mirror private sector, says GMPF
Some LGPS investment regulations ‘too prescriptive’, according to Greater Manchester Pension Fund
