Asset Allocation – Page 95
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Asset Allocation: Fixed income, Rates, Currencies - The big picture
Getting the big picture right always helps and sometimes it makes subsequent investment decision-making blindingly obvious. But so often there seem to be diametrically opposed eventualities, with ambiguity everywhere. The dramatic fall in the oil price, for example, is creating plenty of puzzlement.
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Ilmarinen boosts Chinese exposure, returns nearly 7%
Largest Finnish pensions mutual turns cashflow negative as baby-boomers retire
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NewsHedging, return-seeking portfolios boost returns at France's FRR
Reserve fund invests additional €300m in small, medium-sized local companies
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Active management boosts performance by 16 basis points, study finds
Study by CEM Benchmarking looks at performance of more than 1,000 public, private pension funds since 1992
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NewsUK Pensions Infrastructure Platform adds solar as fund launch nears
Chief executive says platform looking at both direct and indirect holdings, pending FCA approval
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Study finds ESG now core strategy at private equity firms
Data collection, managerial resistance seen as a problem in improving governance, environmental disclosure, says London Business School study
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Dutch roundup: Deloitte, Cappital, DNB, Dow Chemical
De Nederlandsche Bank said mortgage investments has almost doubled to €6.7bn in 2014
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Migros sees funding improve on back of 7% return
Pension fund of Swiss retailer sees no need to adjust strategy in the wake of SNB decision.
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NewsBoost in UK medical bulk annuities as Gilts provide discount pricing
Schemes trading medically underwritten contracts at 5-10% discount over traditional bulk annuities
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KLP backs Rwanda with solar investment
Norwegian pension provider sees first investment in east African country completed
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NewsAP4 says active management added SEK1.4bn in 2014
Swedish buffer fund plans to boost number of investments with maturity exceeding three years
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Pension funds risk losing 3.5% because of slow portfolio changes — study
Investors found to take average 23 days between decision and implementation, says State Street
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AP1 on verge of first infrastructure investments
Swedish buffer fund posts 14.6% return for 2014, outperforming AP3 return of 13.7%
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Third of institutions do not use proxy data in investment decisions
Research from Stanford Business School shows portfolio managers rarely involved in voting decisions
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AP2 doubles Chinese equity mandate after returns of 59%
Annual overall return rises to 13.3%, as buffer fund sees assets under management top SEK300bn
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Capital Markets Union could trigger relaxation of prudential investment rules
European Commission releases green paper on CMU, hinting at changes to allow for inflows into infrastructure
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Swiss Pensionskassen increase equities to counteract SNB losses
Snapshots offered by Credit Suisse, UBS show how pension market fared in wake of decision to end currency peg
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NewsENPAM commits €150m to medical technology fund
Italian pension scheme provides majority of capital to new private equity fund targeting early-stage medical companies
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NewsIPE Views: Is there an alternative to alternatives?
Pete Drewienkiewicz on why investors should simply look at asset classes based on their investment goals and objectives
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NewsInvestors urged to consider unfamiliar assets as easing slows
Markets to become more choppy and return sources more scattered, consultancy Mercer predicts
