Asset Allocation – Page 91
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Royal Mail Pension Plan awards £700m equity options mandate
Postal pension scheme increases derivatives usage after implementing synthetic equity exposure via River & Mercantile
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Transport for London pension fund drops LGIM for BlackRock
Pension scheme for transport workers hands over majority of assets to BlackRock in LDI, passive equity mandates
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Switzerland's AHV drops soft commodities due to 'political sensitivity'
First-pillar fund’s future commodity investments to include energy, precious metals only
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European scheme tenders US high-yield mandate using IPE-Quest
Pension fund looks for asset manager to run active mandate
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Definition change leads to surge in Swiss schemes' alternatives allocations
New regulation almost triples allocation to asset class at MPK
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UK trade union targets LGPS with Israeli divestment campaign
Second-largest trade union asks members to lobby pension funds to divest from companies ‘supporting’ Israeli occupation of Palestine
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UK bulk annuity market spikes with Prudential, Northern Bank deal
Prudential enters 2015 lumpy bulk annuity market announcing largest deal this year and taking business over £2bn
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Lancashire, LPFA partnership to reach crunch point with July meetings
Meetings to take place simultaneously, deciding whether to create £10bn joint investment fund or merge liability management
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USS: Mark-to-market to blame for pension funds' failure on infrastructure
UK pension fund laments pressure to increase exposure to asset class, as accounting standards prohibit allocations
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Tackling climate change could boost real assets, EM equities – Mercer
Report says real assets benefit from climate action but warns that developed-market equities will be damaged regardless of outcome
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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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NewsCurrency volatility boosts returns more than equity gains – report
Deutsche Asset and Weath Management research finds seven of last 13 years boosted more by currency than stock returns
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APK calls for ‘scenario testing' over traditional valuation methods
Christian Böhm says QE making traditional valuation difficult, calls for assets to be evaluated for ‘sensitivity’ to scenarios
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PNO Media puts investments in infrastructure, microfinance on hold
Dutch sector-wide fund for media reconsiders investments after assessment of returns versus risks and costs
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NewsStrathclyde grows renewables exposure with offshore wind fund
Local authority scheme commits to UK Green Investment Bank’s offshore wind fund, considers direct renewables exposure
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European pension funds shrug off risk of asset bubble
IPE Focus Group survey sees pension funds positive about growth in continental Europe
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NewsPope orders changes at Vatican pension fund
Decree sees pension fund president directly appointed by Pontiff as part of on-going shakeup
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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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NewsIcelandic funds 'optimistic' about relaxation of capital controls by 2016
Finance minister expected to place Bill before Parliament this week, unlikely to be full lifting of restrictions
