Investor Strategy – Page 4
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NewsBVK, BlackRock, Allianz and others commit €12bn to start-up investments
Germany needs around €30bn annually to finance innovation, says CEO of state-owned investment and development bank KfW
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NewsAegon UK awards £720m multi-asset credit mandate to asset management arm
The mandate is run as part of the £12bn Aegon Universal Balanced Collection fund, with over 700,000 members
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NewsCurrent policy initiatives could be detrimental to UK’s productive finance agenda
Any attempt to force providers to invest more heavily in certain asset classes is a direct challenge to trustees’ fiduciary duty, says Pensions Policy Institute
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NewsLGPS Central sees assets under management grow to £29.9bn
the pool claims to date it has saved partner funds £89m
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NewsProsecutor probes 10 counts of corruption in Alecta/Heimstaden Bostad case
Swedish pensions giant says it has not yet been part of the prosecutor’s corruption investigation, or received information about it
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NewsDenmark’s PKA quits Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Pension fund manager says it decided to focus on IIGCC instead, ‘maximising the impact of our resources and efforts’ on climate and biodiversity
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NewsATP defends risk-parity strategy via analysis of five investment models
Denmark’s huge statutory pension fund says other standard pension strategies may suit other products - but not ATP’s dual-aim guaranteed product
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NewsACCESS Pool issues senior secured direct lending mandates
The initial allocations will be around £200m for the European mandate and £150m for the US mandate
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NewsLGT begins to leverage private equity ESG data initiative
Alternative investing specialist says harnessing portfolio company data is ‘next frontier in integration of ESG in private equity’
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NewsResearchers propose new home for corporates’ wider emission efforts
How a company exerts broader influence on climate action should be reported in a different track to that for emission reduction efforts within its value chain
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NewsPLSA sets out recommendations to make growth assets more investable
There is a substantial potential to open up the pipeline of assets to attract the investment of pension funds to support UK growth, PLSA says
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NewsMorningstar proxy season analysis: ESG shareholder resolution growth primarily driven by ‘anti-ESG’ proponents
Overall support for ESG proposals stayed flat in 2024 at 23%, with a marked rise in anti-ESG resolutions.
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NewsReplicating Canadian model for UK LGPS schemes ‘won’t be easy’
Rachel Reaves announced intention to replicate ‘Canadian model’ to ‘fire up’ UK economy
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NewsIndustry divided on new VFM framework’s ability to drive DC investment in private markets
Excluding forward-looking performance is a ‘missed opportunity’, says NatWest Cushon
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NewsBritannia Pension Scheme sells £72m investment in private credit fund
The transaction marks the first deal for Isio Fund Liquidity Options
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NewsFidelity to join ranks of UK LTAF providers
Asset manager announces regulatory approval for new type of UK fund focussed on access to private markets for DC schemes
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NewsAXA to focus on insurance business, sells asset management arm
The combination of AXA IM and BNP Paribas would create a leading European asset manager with total AUM of €1.5trn
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NewsSmall progress on Mansion House Compact ambitions as barriers remain
ABI report shows signatories currently hold £793m of unlisted equity assets in their DC default funds, equivalent to 0.36% of the total value of their DC default funds
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NewsRailpen takes ‘holistic approach’ to external managers
Scheme wants any external managers to look at mandates in the context of a wider growth fund or pooled fund rather than a standalone mandate
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NewsItaly’s pension funds association expects to raise €500-600m for FoFs with EIF
Assofondipensione plans to set up FoFs for infrastructure, private equity, private debt, and possibly venture capital, with European Investment Fund
