Asset Allocation – Page 100
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News
UK roundup: Tesco Pension Scheme, Makro Staff Pension Scheme, Rothesay Life
Tesco pension fund adds to £800m property portfolio with purchase of shopping centre in east of England
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NewsInstitutional investors urged to consider risk of deforestation to growth
CDP report urges companies to consider supply-chain risks of deforestation caused by palm oil, biofuel manufacturing
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Bulk annuity pricing power to ‘see-saw’ between UK schemes, insurers
Report from LCP shows potential for £125bn in premiums by 2017 as FTSE schemes’ funding improves
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One-quarter of pension funds set investment target at 6%, study shows
Survey of 190 pension funds reveals changing asset-allocation models, ambitious investment-return targets
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NewsPGGM calls for integration of ESG ‘veto’ for all asset classes
CIO urges investors wanting to implement ESG policy to have veto system at heart of decision-making
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Switzerland's Publica now considering active only for 'niche' investments
Country’s largest pension fund adds risk via fixed income portfolio rather than equities
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Local authority funds cash-flow positive 'due to investment return' – report
Inaugural annual report by LGPS advisory board shows funds in England, Wales 79% funded on average
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NewsNordic investors shun hedge funds in favour of risk premia strategies
Ilmarinen, PKA and ATP see benefits in strategies that emulate hedge funds over commitment to asset class
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NewsATP sets sights on non-traditional asset classes with new unit
Special Situations unit to seek investments outside traditional asset classes, target ‘least sought-after’ holdings
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Pension funds split over meaning, duration of long-termism
IPE survey reveals diverging views on definition of ‘long term’, with some citing 25 years and others just five
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European asset managers, pension funds question value of commodities
Hermes shuts down active commodities business, citing waning interest among clients
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Features
Ahead of the Curve: Contagion spreads
Achilles Risvas assesses the potentially devastating knock-on effects of a fall in bond prices and a flight from credit
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National Pension Reserve Fund provides €350m to Irish SME bank
Irish government launches SME funding entity with backing of EIB, German development bank
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Sampension to pile on more equities as higher-risk assets pay off
Danish pension fund posts 13.5% equities return over first three quarters of year
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UK pension funds shy from liability-matching in favour of alternatives
Purple Book shows slowdown in shift from equities to bonds and from Gilts to index-linked investments
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NewsMark-to-market obligation a 'disease', says Switzerland's AHV
Swiss regulator provides insight into new risk assessment approach for pension funds
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EIB joins working group on green agricultural bonds
New working group complements work on green property bonds after report showed carbon bond market exceeding $500bn
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NewsIntricate risk controls have damaged portfolios, says 300 Club
Idaho’s Bob Maynard says ‘transparency’ should be main method of controlling risk
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UK roundup: Ashridge Pension Scheme, P-Solve, Legal & General, PRIAC
The £50m Ashridge scheme selects P-Solve for fiduciary mandate focusing on manager selection, tactical allocations
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Dutch pension fund to invest 5% of assets in residential mortgages
Asset class offers better returns than euro-denominated bonds against ‘very limited’ additional risk, scheme says
