Investor Strategy – Page 96
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Irish Pensions Board may allow corporate bonds as matching assets
IRELAND – List of assets to offset Irish risk reserve may be expanded beyond euro-zone debt.
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DC pensions market set for growth in Europe, report shows
GLOBAL – Cerulli identifies Germany, Netherlands and UK as best opportunities.
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NewsGerman institutionals dump bonds, shift towards real estate
GERMANY – Independent surveys show increase in alternatives at expense of fixed income.
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NewsDutch pension provider PGGM considering hedge fund replication
NETHERLANDS – Provider explores idea of adding replication programmes to alternatives portfolio.
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NewsArchitects call for £10bn residential fund backed by LGPS
UK – Report says 15 largest local authority pension funds should club together to launch fund.
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NewsEDHEC, Natixis launch research chair on infrastructure debt
EUROPE – Partnership aims to explore risk/return characteristics, diversification benefits.
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NewsUK schemes sign up to Pensions Infrastructure Platform
UK – Four more pension funds become founding members of scheme developed by PPF, NAPF.
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Dutch schemes would 'consider' securitised mortgages – APG
NETHERLANDS – CIO recommends creation of national bank offering mortgages with government guarantee.
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Switzerland's ZKB pension fund switches from DB to DC
SWITZERLAND – Discount rate at Zürcher Kantonalbank scheme falls from 3.5% to 3%.
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NewsPension funds should consider 'dropping' traditional hedging
UK – Schemes should consider real estate sub-classes to stabilise funding, report says.
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NewsNorwegian oil fund makes first foray into German real estate
EUROPE – Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global invests nearly €800m through joint venture.
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Scotland's Lothian Pension Fund to shift investment strategy
UK – Aims to take advantage of bank deleveraging, buying ‘sound assets at attractive prices’.
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NewsPensionDanmark boosts infrastructure with wind farms
GLOBAL – Pension fund to invest further €1.6bn in asset class over next five years.
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Fiduciary managers see significant increase in assets – IPE survey
IPE – APG remains largest manager, with more than €300bn in assets under management, survey shows.
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NewsSurvey finds low-return outlook shaking up investment practice
GLOBAL – Institutional investors worldwide re-thinking investment assumptions, Pyramis says.
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NewsReport shows increasing institutional demand for infrastructure
GLOBAL – Larger European pension funds increasingly willing to diversify investments.
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NewsZurich pension fund steps up foreign-currency hedging
SWITZERLAND – PKZH opted for passive approach after making bad calls on direction of euro.
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NewsSwiss pension funds 'failing to recognise' long-duration risk
SWITZERLAND – Professor at CFA Swiss Pensions Conference warns of 'painful losses'.
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NewsAppetite for housing development grows among institutional investors
UK – Mill Group report questions perception that investors will shun new-build projects.
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NewsTime to abandon notion of 'no risk' sovereign bonds, says BVK
GERMANY – Head of German pension fund blasts idea of any bond being considered risk-free.
