Investor Strategy – Page 48
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NewsHigh pharma exposure depresses Alecta’s returns in first half
Sweden’s biggest pension fund left disappointed after first-half investment performance
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APG, LGIM support efforts to halt deforestation in Brazil
Investors signed statement of support after global companies called for buy-side backing
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€11bn Italian fund launches alternative investment tenders
Fondo Pensione Previndai is seeking up to nine private equity, infrastructure and direct lending managers
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ING scheme raises hedging to protect inflation-linked payments
Pension fund also considering hedging interest rate risk on liabilities
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Dutch bank scheme incurs loss on catastrophe bonds
ABN Amro scheme posted 2% return for 2017 despite the setback
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NewsFRC finds support for stewardship code to mirror section 172 duty
Support for signatories to report on how they considered wide range of stakeholders
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Church investors set 2023 climate engagement deadline
Companies that fail to address climate change in the next five years will be cut from the Church of England’s portfolios
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Invesco: Sovereign funds doubled alternatives exposure in six years
Alternatives now form 20% of the average portfolio of sovereign investors, up from 10% six years ago
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Joseph Mariathasan: Preparing for infrastructure to take off
Infrastructure needs a better descriptive framework to outline the universe of opportunities available to investors
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Sovereign wealth funds develop climate change framework
Framework underpinned by principles of ‘alignment’, ‘ownership’, and ‘integration’
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Japanese pension funds rethink asset allocation strategies – survey
Funds increasingly adopting strategies modelled on variety of role-, risk- or factor-based approaches
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NewsShareholders for Change gives voice to Europe’s small investors
New association of small institutional investors wants to tackle niche ESG topics
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NewsItalian doctors' scheme gains 4.1% as it boosts domestic assets
“Portafoglio strategico Italia” takes stake in domestic bank alongside two energy firms
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Rabobank scheme divests equity in favour of bonds, credit
Currency hedge contributing 3.1 percentage points to overall return of 7.5%
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IPE Equities Conference: APG targets quant credit allocation
Head of quant equities says quant and passive investing will make inroads in corporate bond market
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NewsDutch construction scheme targets self-employed workers
BpfBouw credits currency hedge for 6.6% investment gain in 2017
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Cambridge University throws weight behind impact investing
£3bn endowment to consider joining climate change groups such as IIGCC
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NewsFinancial Reporting Council unveils upsized investor advisory group
17-strong group to help FRC understand investment community views on various issues
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PFZW to keep tar sands investments despite campaign group pressure
Asset manager PGGM says trio of companies are engaging with regards to their role in the energy transition
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University roundup: Cambridge nets 19% investment return
Also: Oxford University endowment gains 9.2% as private equity holdings near a quarter of portfolio
