All index investing articles
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Special Report
Have factor investing strategies had their day?
Factors have inspired indices, spin-offs and a variety of investment strategies but it has become hard to argue that they will offer investors a persistent future premium
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Special Report
The case for custom indices to meet sustainability goals
Asset owners are increasingly seeking more bespoke solutions to meet their sustainability goals
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Special Report
Denmark's PKA transitions most of equity portfolio to bespoke ESG swaps
PKA, the Danish occupational pension fund for the social and healthcare sectors, transitioned the majority of its global equity portion in June to direct indexing for its total return swaps (TRS) trades to better implement its sustainability criteria.
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Special Report
Can active ETFs give institutional investors more choice?
Pension funds are increasingly showing interest in active ETFs for their flexibility, cost-effectiveness and ability to generate value beyond index returns
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Special Report
Index 2.0: Off-the-shelf or custom indices?
Continuing innovation in the index business leads investors to address a fundamental question – should they buy off-the-shelf products or customise their own?
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News
Robeco launches three forward-looking climate indices
Asset manager aims to respond to investor appetite for ‘increasingly seeking sophisticated climate indices’
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News
CFA Institute’s new framework brings clarity to index products
The institute also set out a number of recommendations for investment firms
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News
Swiss pension funds’ index investing climbs to all-time high
Swiss schemes achieved average net returns of 5.1%, with average returns of the best performing schemes standing at 8.2%, according to Swisscanto
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News
APG to cut asset management jobs as clients move to passive
Costs are a ‘recurring element’ in conversations with pension funds, says CEO Ronald Wuijster
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News
Italian bank launches benchmarks for pension funds in line with SFDR
BFF Bank’s indices help pension funds assess the performance of their sub-funds’ investments according to Article 8 of the SFDR
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Interviews
ABP is too big to be an active investor, says president
The Netherlands’ largest pension fund is switching from an all-active investment strategy to index investing
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News
APG unaffected by ABP’s switch to passive management
The fund’s asset manager is not planning any ‘radical changes’ to its organisation as a result of the decision
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News
ABP to switch to passive investing
The €470bn Dutch civil service scheme is the last remaining all-active pension investor in the country