Asset Allocation – Page 45
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Domestic equities lead as Switzerland’s Publica posts 9% return
Swiss equities gained more than 30%
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ALFI: Pension funds seek diversification in foreign assets, alternatives
Assets under management forecast to reach $61trn by 2025
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NewsUK lifeboat fund sees investment risk, underfunding ‘strongly linked’
Significant number of schemes still in deficit
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Krona dip lifts returns on Icelandic pension funds’ foreign assets
Iceland’s equity market rose by over 30% last year
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Top Varma manager becomes Veritas CIO, highlights need for agility
Finnish pension insurer hires Varma’s cross assets and allocation chief Kari Vatanen
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Border to Coast picks core manager for multi-asset credit fund
’Core-satellite’ strategy of up to £3bn being prepared for launch next year
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FeaturesESG Report: SAAving the world?
Integrating ESG has become commonplace in institutional investment, but generally the discussion has focused on areas such as security selection and stewardship
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FeaturesFixed income, rates, currencies: Better than expected
Although packed with geopolitical surprises 2019 turned out to be better than expected for financial assets. Equities and bonds rallied together reversing last year’s ‘unusual occurrence’ of both performing badly.
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AnalysisResearch: Back to basics will drive asset allocation
In the final article on a new report, Pascal Blanqué and Amin Rajan conclude that liquidity management has become vital as quantitative easing reaches a point of diminishing returns
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FeaturesAhead of the Curve: Measuring the right thing
The old adage, ‘measure twice, cut once,’ only works if you measure the right thing. The prominence of GDP growth as the ultimate gauge of economic performance, for example, is increasingly a case of measuring the wrong thing. A single metric cannot hope to capture all the complex trends that develop below the surface of a modern knowledge and services-based economy.
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FeaturesIPE Quest Expectations Indicator: January 2020
Bond sentiment remains stable, but still negative. US net bond sentiment is edging towards zero, which is surprising as the Fed is set on neutral.
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Dutch survey: In-house asset management gets boost
Externally managed assets drop by €169bn to €916bn this year
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NewsWellcome Trust warns of slowdown after 6.9% return
‘The portfolio has performed well in challenging macro circumstances’
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NewsAMF, Folksam reinvest SEK5bn in Volvo as IPO hopes live on
AP1 was forced to divest preference shares in 2018 after listing plan postponed
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Icelandic scheme plans alternatives move
Reykjavik-based fund plans to invest in foreign real estate, infra, private equity and debt
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UK election: PLSA urges new government to commit to better retirement income
Significant questions still remain as to the next stages of the Brexit process
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NewsDenmark gives pension stats higher profile as sector grows
Pension and insurance assets now amount to 213% of GDP
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NewsVarma invests €500m in US equities via new co-developed ESG ETF
‘Development of index funds with an increasingly responsible tilt is key,’ says Finnish PF
