Investor Strategy – Page 46
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Chart of the Week: How Europe’s pension funds performed in H1
Double-digit investment performance has not lightened the mood as Dutch pension funds face benefit cuts and others warn of turbulent times ahead
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Church of England eyes private equity after 2.6% loss in 2018
The £2.4bn Church of England Pensions Board was hit by the fourth-quarter public equity crash, but also incurred losses on its liability-matching portfolio
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NewsFRR launches ESG portfolio analysis searches and updates RI policy
Responsible investment strategy for 2019-23 includes aligning portfolio with 1.5-2°C warming trajectory and defining an ‘extra-financial risk budget’
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Swedish roundup: AMF to invest in companies earlier and for longer
CEO Johan Sidenmark warns of “dark clouds on the horizon”, while Folksam chief hails 6.1% H1 return strong despite Swedbank scandal
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Italian roundup: Fonchim offers five mandates worth €1.75bn
Utilities sector fund Pegaso seeks consultant; Media industry fund tenders mandates for equity and bond managers
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£22bn UK pension fund ‘should divest from fossil fuels now’, say protesters
Campaigners gather outside Greater Manchester Pension Fund’s office, but scheme argues it is already ‘working hard’ to achieve climate risk goals
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Dutch schemes cut back tracker holdings to comply with ESG policy
The collective DC schemes for ING and NN plan to reduce their exposure to trackers such as exchange-traded funds in order to avoid investing in excluded companies
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LGPS pool targets £10bn with private markets programme
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership has launched a £500m private equity vehicle and a £675m infrastructure fund for its 12 LGPS clients
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NewsPensionDanmark, Industriens return to PRI after 2013 spat
All six Danish pension funds that exited the PRI six years ago have now returned as signatories in the wake of a governance review
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NewsDutch doctors’ scheme ditches commodities following review
The €11bn SPH has also cut its allocation to Chinese equities, preferring broader allocations to emerging markets
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NewsSovereign investors ‘preparing for end of market cycle’: Invesco
Equity allocations fall while fixed income and alternatives holdings increase, according to Invesco’s annual sovereign investor survey
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Chart of the Week: Which country’s pension funds invest the most domestically?
Mercer’s European Asset Allocation report reveals the countries whose pension funds have the largest allocations to domestic equity, corporate bonds, and government bonds
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NewsUK asset managers target DC schemes with long-term investing fund structure
The Investment Association wants to create a vehicle for long-term and illiquid asset investing suitable for DC pension schemes
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€28bn nuclear decommissioning fund adopts new MSCI climate indices
Energy giant EDF says it believes in ‘enabling transition to a low carbon economy’ and plans to allocate to assets benchmarked to MSCI’s third range of climate-related indices
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ESG ‘lacks market standards and best practice’: Austrian National Bank
OeNB treasurer sees ‘major differences’ in implementation of ESG strategies by providers as their use spreads across the region
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AP6 adds more US private equity partners in busy 2019 market
Specialist private equity investor says it made around 20 investment decisions so far this year, with old and new partners
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European asset owners drive growth in smart beta strategy use
More than half of global institutional investors use smart beta strategies, according to FTSE Russell, led by 65% of investors in Europe
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Active management fails to deliver added value for Rabobank scheme
Dutch bank’s pension fund says its factor-based equity allocation lagged its benchmark by 2.25 percentage points in 2018
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PGGM joins consortium’s bid for London Silvertown Tunnel
Dutch asset manager joins as part of joint venture with construction firm BAM, alongside Aberdeen Standard Investments and Macquarie
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AP2 dumps tobacco and nuclear firms in fresh ESG approach
Swedish state buffer fund divests from around 60 tobacco companies and remaining nuclear weapons firms from investment portfolio
