Investor Strategy – Page 113
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NewsTrade Union Congress urges investors to divulge voting records
UK – The head of the British Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called for mandatory voting by institutional investors at AGMs, in a speech to delegates at the TUC pension trustee conference today.
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NewsCarbon indices are a straitjacket - Joly
EUROPE – Carbon indices serve as a straitjacket, according to Carlos Joly, chairman of the climate change scientific advisory committee of Natixis Asset Management.
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NewsGerman investors targeting 'risk-less returns', says Complementa
GERMANY – Risk management in Germany has improved in the wake of the financial crisis, and institutional investors are now focusing on 'risk-less returns', according to consultancy Complementa.
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NewsGerman institutional investors 'unaware' they are under-diversified
GERMANY – Only 19% of institutional investors have a broad enough diversification across asset classes to mitigate risks, according to a risk management study commissioned by Union Investment.
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NewsFinland's Veritas to ramp up EM exposure to 20% of equities
FINLAND – Veritas, Finland's €1.9bn mutual pension insurance company, plans to grow the share of its emerging markets exposure to 20% of all equities in the coming five years.
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NewsDutch think tank Netspar outlines research themes
NETHERLANDS – Netspar, the academic network on pensions, retirement and population ageing, has chosen rising longevity, retirement decisions and developing skills of older workers as main research themes for the next three years.
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Editor's choice: How Hugo Lasat at Amonis runs his money
Liam Kennedy asked Hugo Lasat, CEO of Belgium’s Amonis, about the challenge of running a pension fund after a career in asset management and private banking
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NewsGerman institutional investors to double equity allocations
GERMANY – German institutional investors are aiming to increase their equity exposure by 6.8 percentage points in the first half of next year, nearly doubling the current allocation, according to a survey by SEB Asset Management.
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Editor's Choice: Interview with Bridgewater's Ray Dalio
Martin Steward speaks with Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio, pioneer of alpha/beta separation and ‘risk parity’
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NewsMembers of Denmark's JOEP lose option to make investment choices
DENMARK – Danish pension fund JOEP has scrapped an option allowing clients to make their own investment choices.
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NewsSPF Beheer publishes international pension book
GLOBAL – SPF Beheer, the Dutch pensions and administration service provider, has published a book summarising the pension systems in developed world countries.
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NewsATP, LD get green light on conducting banking, credit and insurance activities
DENMARK – Legal changes in Denmark will boost the business power of pensions institutions ATP and LD, paving the way for them to run banking, credit and insurance activities, as well as their pensions operations.
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MNOPF reappoints Towers Watson as delegated CIO, seeks new adviser
UK – The £3bn (€3.5bn) Merchant Navy Officers’ Pension Fund (MNOPF) has re-appointed Towers Watson as its delegated CIO and is finalising an RFP for the appointment of an ongoing adviser.
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NewsDutch fund PME sticks to recovery plan without rights cuts
NETHERLANDS – The board of the €22bn pension fund for the Metalektro (PME) has insisted it can recover its financial position without cutting its participants' rights.
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Fiduciary management outperformed during financial crisis, says P-Solve
UK – Fiduciary management has significantly outperformed both equities and diversified static indices during the financial crisis, with a lower level of volatility, according to P-Solve.
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NewsPolicymakers turning blind eye to problem of deflation, says ING
GLOBAL – Policymakers for the world's larger economies have turned a blind eye to the very real risk of deflation, according to ING Investment Management.
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NewsNordic pension fund group snaps up Danish bank
EUROPE – A group of three Nordic pension fund providers and a financial advisory firm have acquired FIH Erhvervsbank, a Danish lender, from Kaupthing Bank, the now defunct Icelandic lender, for DKK5bn (€670m).
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NewsIPE Awards: Secure your entry to the tenth IPE Awards in Monaco
EUROPE – European pension funds only have one week left to submit their nominations for the tenth Annual IPE European Pension Fund Awards, taking place in Monaco on 7 December.
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NewsPension chiefs gloomy on future of Nordic region's welfare model
EUROPE – Senior chiefs from some of Scandinavia's biggest pension funds painted a gloomy picture of the future of the Nordic social welfare model at a recent Nordic Chambers of Commerce event in London.
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Risk management is top priority, say global investors
GLOBAL – Solving the risk management challenges they face in the next decade is the top priority for institutional investors, according to a survey by Pyramis Global Advisors, the institutional arm of Fidelity.
