Fixed Income – Page 39
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Equities fuel Lithuanian second-pillar funds' 4.5% gain in 2017
Equity-weighted fund returns exceeded 9%, while bond funds performed poorly
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Industriens sees higher volatility, lower returns in 2018
Danish labour-market pension fund posts 8.2% return for last year
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NewsEmerging markets fuel 6.7% return at Switzerland's Publica
Plus: Corporate pension plans’ funding nearly at 10-year highs
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NewsFRR awards €5bn in liability-matching mandates
AXA IM and Amundi appointed to run assets to help meet payments to social security system
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Austrian pension funds return 6% on average in 2017
High equity quota helps boost performance and long-term average returns
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NewsBlockchain comes to bond market as Lombard Odier backs $15m deal
Swiss asset manager claims first bond transaction using distributed ledger technology
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NewsDutch sector schemes return to indexation as funding improves
Several company pension funds granted full inflation compensation of 1.34% to members
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: January 2018
It would be an understatement to say the shine has left the US equity market, given this month’s manager expectation submissions
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Risk management high on Portuguese pension funds' radar - WTW
Q3 returns benefit from strong run in equities, euro-denominated bonds
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NewsSwiss pension fund tenders global corporate bond mandates via IPE Quest
Also: SEB Manager Research seeks firm to manage €200m large-cap European equities mandate
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UK schemes' equity allocations at all-time low
Data from PPF shows decline in domestic allocations but high points for private equity, property allocations
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Spanish pension funds' returns continue in positive territory
Euro-zone equities have been the best performing allocation for Spanish investors this year
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IPE Conference: Pension funds returning to buy-and-hold investing
Amin Rajan of CREATE-Research presented his latest European pension survey in Prague
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator: December 2017
This survey has rarely found such consensus among asset managers as we see in this month’s survey. Virtually no manager expects euro-zone equities to fall or euro bond prices to rise
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Fixed income, rates, currencies: Bullish trend surprises markets
Few predicted that so soon after the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency, the stock market would get back into its (post-financial crisis) bullish trend
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Avon Pension Fund hires Loomis, Ruffer in £700m diversification shift
£4.6bn local government pension scheme divests from traditional equity and bond mandates
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MiFID II: Asset managers to rely less on third-party research [updated]
CFA survey quantifies how much managers expect to pay for third-party research for equities, fixed income
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Smart beta allocations to rise by a quarter in 3 years: Invesco
Low interest rate environment has it made it tough for many investors to achieve low-risk returns
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Netherlands roundup: Oil scheme weighs joining PGB
Also: Pension funds increase ‘safe haven’ allocations; government delays pension age rise
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FeaturesIPE Expectations Indicator November 2017
Just when some major themes seemed to be on pause, managers’ expectations crept into rarified territory, while in others themes in place since at least 2014 have gathered momentum. Whether valuation extremes are appropriate, managers believe they will continue.
