All articles by Gail Moss – Page 17
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Country Report
Portugal: The success story
Portugal is an example of how a bailout can turn around a nation’s finances. Sovereign debt has returned to investment grade and is popular again with domestic pension funds
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Country ReportSpain: Unintended outcomes
Spain has experienced recent constitutional turmoil, yet it is the politics of Italy that is troubling pension funds. How will this affect asset allocation?
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Features
UK: Shifts in longevity
Whether or not to insure liabilities via a buyout or buy-in has long been a decision which most defined-benefit pension funds need to consider. Buyout deals have become integral to the pension fund landscape.
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Special Report
The market: Transatlantic invasion
The Americans are coming! But unlike the US cavalry providing an 11th-hour rescue in the last reel of an old-time Western, these Americans are moving in on what they hope will be a lucrative European ETF market
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Special Report
The market: M&A activity in European ETFs
The European ETF industry is still relatively youthful compared with its US counterpart, but already there have been significant mergers and acquisitions
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News
Update: Church of England rules out bid for failed payday loan company
Wonga collapsed last month after regulatory changes and thousands of complaints from customers
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News
Investors put faith in active outperformance despite passive shift
Half of global institutions have increased allocations to private markets and 9% are adding new asset classes, survey finds
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News
Equities drive Spanish pension fund recovery in Q2
Occupational pension funds returned an average 1.11% for the 12 months to end-June
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News
Biggest US pension funds ‘must consider climate-related risks’ [updated]
California passes rules requiring CalPERS and CalSTRS to identify and report on climate risk in their portfolios
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Country Report
Scotland’s LGPS: Don’t just dive in
Scottish local government pension funds looking to asset pool should carefully consider their options with a focus on their objectives
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NewsChurch pension fund to increase infrastructure spend in allocation shift
Emerging market allocation gained nearly 30% in 2017, according to the Church fo England Pensions Board’s annual report
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News
Brexit fuelling rapid increase in cross-border strategies, survey finds
State Street reports that more than half of 250 asset managers polled are reshaping their distribution strategies
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NewsDutch court approves €1.3bn Fortis settlement
Nearly a decade after the Belgian-Dutch bancassurer collapsed, institutional investors have a result
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News
€11bn Italian fund launches alternative investment tenders
Fondo Pensione Previndai is seeking up to nine private equity, infrastructure and direct lending managers
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News
Church investors set 2023 climate engagement deadline
Companies that fail to address climate change in the next five years will be cut from the Church of England’s portfolios
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NewsDanish pension fund must resolve lawsuit in Portugal, UK court rules
Investors including TDC and NZ Super cannot pursue Novo Banco in UK over loan to now-defunct Portuguese bank
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NewsItalian doctors' scheme gains 4.1% as it boosts domestic assets
“Portafoglio strategico Italia” takes stake in domestic bank alongside two energy firms
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News
Equity performance squeezes Spanish pension fund returns in Q1
Assets fall 1% to €35.3bn after troubled first quarter, according to latest INVERCO data
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News
Italian pension funds cut bonds in diversification push
Occupational and personal fund investors have reduced holdings in government debt
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Asset Class Reports
Netherlands: Taking aim at a moving target
Dutch pension funds are taking a variety of paths as they seek to manage liabilities
