Investor Strategy – Page 22
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Institutional investors planning more indexing in fixed income – survey
Fixed income indexing ‘may be approaching an inflection point’, says SSGA
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In depth: UWV fund to introduce Paris-aligned Benchmark
The pension fund will sell its investments in oil and gas companies, utilities with coal-fired power plants and miners with coal mining activities
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International report finds investors often legally bound to go green
‘A Legal Framework for Impact’ report now out, commissioned by PRI, Generation Foundation, UNEP FI
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NewsAP1 thanks its ‘constructive view of risk-taking’ for 11% return in H1
Swedish national pensions buffer fund narrowly beats AP4 with first half investment return
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ESG roundup: Zurich UK switches $1bn to new ESG benchmark
New ESG benchmark delivers 30% cut in constituents’ carbon emissions ‘and enhanced ESG outcomes’ relative to parent
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German church scheme to build up private debt allocation
‘The goal is to diversify investments, carefully balancing risks and returns’
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Alecta says its work on fixed income and alternatives helped lift H1 return
DB product returns 7.7% in January-June; DC produces 12.4%, Swedish pension fund reports
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Industriens makes 25% on private equity in H1, as US venture funds shine
Danish labour-market pension fund produces 8.2% return on portfolio overall in January-June 2021
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NewsThales pension fund swaps NN IP for BlackRock
BlackRock offered to lower total investment management costs
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Shift to equities as sovereigns seek liquidity, Invesco survey shows
Tilting towards active allocations and longer time horizons seen mitigating risk of high valuations
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NewsDanish pension CIOs positive on markets after 11-13% H1 top returns
PFA CIO positive about H2 market prospects, Danica CIO “moderately positive”
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Alecta plans focused talks with 20 portfolios firms on net-zero goals
Swedish pensions heavyweight publishes its 2025 interim climate goals
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IPD: Danish central bank must ensure green bonds OK for pension funds
Lobby group calls on central bank to liaise with FSA over planned inaugural green bond issuance
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Germany lays legal base to boost Spezialfonds’ crypto currency investments
The transfer of assets in a company from the employer to its employees in a calendar year is tax-free
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NewsNorway roundup: KLP bans 16 stocks; local councils plan to tender
KLP sells off Motorola and 16 others; Ålesund, Øygarden and Ullensvang to put KLP-managed pension schemes out to tender
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Norway’s SWF rejects climate-tilted benchmark, more green infra scope
“We should be careful about making major changes to the principles underlying the fund,” say Olsen, Grande
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NewsAP7, Impax team up in project to improve water impact reporting
Swedish pension fund says it worked with the manager to support increased transparency on how companies affect access to water
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ABP to co-invest €400m in subordinated COVID loans
The loans are meant mostly for larger SMEs as the amount per loan will range from €5m to €50m
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NewsMSCI launches solution to assess crowding
Models designed to enable investors to identify potential bubbles and assess security, factor, and hedge fund crowding
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NewsForests, water also key, says Keva, despite public’s climate focus
Alecta, KLP, Folketrygdfondet, AP Pension, Union Mutualiste Retraite also backing CDP’s new drive
