Fixed Income – Page 44
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News
PGGM enters €2.3bn risk-sharing deal with Banco Santander
Asset manager expects ‘stable, robust’ return in SME loan deal
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Swiss pension fund benchmarks return less than 1% over 2015
Pictet’s BVG 2015 index for pension fund portfolios estimates lower performance than previous indices
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European pension fund tenders $600m government bond mandate
Passive/semi-passive investment process sought
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North Yorkshire fund targets direct SME lending with strategy 'tweak'
Pension fund drops Amundi as liability-matching manager
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European pension fund tenders $300m GEM bond mandate
Client considering splitting mandate into two $150m allocations
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Swiss pension fund tenders private debt mandate using IPE Quest
Mandate calls for long-only multi-credit strategy
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NewsAPG calls on governments to support green bond market
Dutch pension manager among 10 new signatories backing Climate Bonds Initiative statement
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NewsDenmark's Sampension ready to snap up more mortgage bonds
Pension fund eyes 2015’s last big ARM refinancing auctions
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European insurance company tenders green bond mandate
Client seeking ‘high-level ESG analysis’ with bottom-up focus
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Pension fund for Douwe Egberts ramps up risk profile with new strategy
Coffee producer’s scheme to divest from commodities entirely
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NewsSwiss scheme tenders securitised-bond mandate using IPE Quest
Mandate prohibits derivatives apart from interest-rate futures, foreign-exchange forwards
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Features
High-Yield Bonds: Uncharted waters
Is the sell-off in high-yield bonds an indicator of broader weakness, or an opportunity for contrarians to pick up yield?
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Special Report
Bond bonanza beckons
China’s continuing reforms to open up its fast-growing bond market to foreign investors could make it the largest market yet for global investors, writes Tsering Namgyal
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NewsNorwegian sovereign fund suffers 4.9% quarterly loss
Volatile equity markets see listed holdings return -8.5%, as fixed income, real estate remain positive
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News
Funding at largest Dutch schemes takes another hammering
Coverage ratios for four of five largest pension funds falls below 100%
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PME to double residential-mortgage investments to €2bn
Dutch pension funds looking to residential mortgages as alternative to government bonds
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Swiss MP seeks to remove 'stigma' from infrastructure
Average performance for Swiss schemes lags over third quarter
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Special Report
In search of the sweet spot
Low interest rates have been painful for unhedged DB pension funds. In the UK, where the first policy rate rises are expected next year, long-term yields could flatten further and magnify liabilities. Decisions about hedging ratios remain paramount, as Charlotte Moore finds
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Special Report
Turning point solutions
Joseph Mariathasan assesses a variety of investment approaches more suited to a changing fixed income environment. Due diligence is required to assess suitability of sometimes unfamiliar strategies
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Special Report
An uncertain path
Daniel Ben-Ami charts the downward path of bond yields over the last 30 years. While the widely anticipated end to this bull market may be imminent, the trajectory is uncertain
