Asset Allocation – Page 50
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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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AP1 picks managers to run €4.3bn in global emerging market equities
Swedish state pension buffer fund releases 14-strong list after May 2018 tender
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Strathclyde allocates £900m to quartet of private debt managers
Alcentra, Barings, ICG Longbow and Partners Group to run new mandates for Scotland’s biggest pension fund
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Poor Q4 leads to 3.2% 2018 loss for Spanish pension funds
Fourth-quarter performance was the worst since the 2008 financial crisis, says Mercer
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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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Schemes with high illiquid allocations ‘at risk from market crash’
A firesale of equities to fund withdrawals would exacerbate negative effects on markets and funding levels
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NewsGerman pension schemes tripled use of pooled funds since 2005
Increased securitisation and diversification could lead to “disruptions”, warns Kommalpha
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UK public pension pool names corporate bond managers
Fidelity and Neuberger Berman bag mandate for £44bn investment collaboration
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AP1 invests in Swedish SDG-aligned private equity fund
Swedish national pension fund ploughs SEK300m into Stockholm-based fund
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Lift-off for new Airbus DC scheme in Germany
Since January, 20,000 employees have signed up to the new ‘defined ambition’ arrangements
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Chart of the Week: Institutions pump money into ETFs
Allocations to exchange-traded funds grew dramatically in 2018, according to Greenwich Associates
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Norway’s domestic SWF beats the market in 2018
Manager Folketrygdfondet reports 0.4% investment loss in ‘negative market’
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Finnish roundup: Elo hails new business gains, VER laments 3.4% loss
State pension buffer fund VER says 2018 provided scant opportunities for hedging
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NewsNorway’s sovereign fund records €50bn investment loss for 2018
Europe’s biggest fund has recouped some of its 6.1% loss in early 2019 as markets bounced back
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Brexit: Nordic pension funds reveal their approaches to UK assets
SPK, Veritas and Apteekkien Eläkekassa explain their approaches to political risk in the EU
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News‘Brutal’ stock markets hurt FRR’s return in 2018
French reserve fund posts 5.2% investment loss after return-seeking assets fall 8%
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NewsAP3 records positive 2018 return after gains on unlisted assets, FX
Swedish buffer fund posts 0.6% return and adds SEK6.8bn to state pension system
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NewsFinland’s top providers cushion 2018 losses with real estate, private equity
Ilmarinen’s merger and new client activity helped cement its position as the country’s biggest provider
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RBS incurs £102m cost of equalising pension payments
UK’s third-biggest pension scheme reveals GMP equalisation costs and slashes equity exposure
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Chart of the Week: DC overtakes DB in top seven pension markets
€35.6trn invested in 22 markets, Willis Towers Watson reports, with DC making headway in the UK, Canada and Japan
