Asset Allocation – Page 12
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Trump’s tariff announcements weigh on sentiment
As tariff announcements garner huge amounts of media attention, financial market reactions have been muted. Participants are trying to beat off tariff fatigue and assess the best path through all the smoke and mirrors.
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Asset Class ReportsLP perspectives: European pension funds on private credit strategies
Two European pension funds detail how they are tapping into the private credit market at a time of exponential growth and heightened volatility
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Markets rocked by Trump’s sweeping tariffs plan
The world’s economy enters a new phase as the US administration escalates towards a global trade war, raising the prospect of a US recession and crashing global financial markets
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Opinion PiecesDenmark’s pension funds offer a template for an innovative defence investments play
The tone of Europe’s political debate on defence expenditure has shifted markedly this year. And as former Netherlands defence minister Kajsa Ollongren, put it in a Chatham House Q&A in early March: “The mindset should be ‘war economy’.”
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Country ReportA long-term view on German institutional investment
A 10-year Spezialfonds analysis of German institutional funds highlights how significantly the institutional investment landscape has evolved
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NewsAlecta aims to become industry leader in risk management, after review
Swedish pension overtaken by AP7 as Sweden’s largest pension fund
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Podcast#14 Leaders in Investment podcast: Conversation with Günther Schiendl, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Austria’s VBV Pensionskasse
Günther Schiendl, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, VBV Pensionskasse, in conversation with IPE Editorial Director Liam Kennedy.
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NewsScheme for German dentists fires director
VZB is facing losses after investing in now insolvent insurtech start-up Element Insurance
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NewsVelliv drops active equity, alts teams ahead of new CIO, as strategy turns index
Alternatives chief Christoph Junge surprised when whole alts team was made redundant yesterday; Velliv to cut external manager costs
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NewsGlobal net zero transition forecast remains optimistic post-Trump
The Inevitable Policy Forecast (IPF) transition report strikes a hopeful tone despite climate backlash.
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NewsAMF returns 7.1% after boosting equity weighting, switching up real estate
Swedish blue-collar pension fund produced a 16.3% gain on equities in 2024, with alternatives returning 5%
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NewsIndependent pension funds outperform KLP in Norway’s municipal sector
Pensjonskassen for Fylkene points to disability pensions outlay as a differentiating factor with dominant provider KLP
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NewsItaly’s fund for journalists records lower returns with new strategy
INPGI’s new strategy for the period 2024-2026 will see cutting its exposure to fixed income from 54% to 48%
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AnalysisHow investors can access fairly-priced ‘portable alpha’ strategies
Combining long/short active management with traditional equity exposure, a strategy known as ‘portable alpha’, can generate outperformance, but it needs to be implemented in an innovative and accessible way
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NewsCompenswiss’s 7.33% return helps boost assets by CHF5.5bn
Total assets amounted to CHF46.1bn at the end of 2024, compared with CHF40.6bn a year earlier
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NewsDB to DC switching triggers more non-pension equity investing too, CBS professor finds
‘By shaping their members’ understanding of capital markets, pension funds can contribute to deeper markets,’ says Jesper Rangvid
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NewsHedge fund gains help Varma to 10.2% in 2024; Elo, VER return 8.5%, 9.0%
Weak economic situation in Finland reflected in increasing credit losses due to customers, Elo reveals
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NewsInarcassa re-invests assets in sustainable high yield bonds
The scheme also plans to boost in the next five years its alternative investments by over €900m
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NewsABP to up infra investments in new pension system
In its investment strategy for the new DC pension system, the Dutch civil service scheme will increase the share of private market investments from 20% to 30%
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NewsInflows to Spezialfonds stagnates as investors eye direct fixed income allocations
Spezialfonds also failed to record higher inflows year-on-year in 2024 from retirement benefit schemes
