All articles by Jonathan Williams – Page 26
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Lufthansa sees pension fund liabilities soar 40% in three months
Airline reports doubling of liabilities since May 2014 after further cuts to discount rate
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Norwegian sovereign fund halves coal company holdings
Government Pension Fund Global increases divested companies to 114 after selling off further 12
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Denmark's ATP returns 6% despite 'unusual' markets
Chief executive praises Danish equity holdings as commodities, inflation risk classes see losses
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Climate policy at Church of England lacking urgency, critic laments
Church agrees to reduce holdings in coal, tar sand across its £9bn in pension and charitable funds, but critics accuse new strategy – which falls short of divesting from all fossil fuels – of lacking urgency
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Pensions Tracking: On the right track
There are innovative plans to help pan-European workers make sense of their cross-border retirement savings
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ESG: ELTIF - Waiting in the wings
Will European Long-Term Investment Fund live up to the hopes of the socially responsible investment community?
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CEE Pensions: Fight for survival
The policies of a number of Central and Eastern European governments towards funded first pillar pensions have left some funds wondering about their future
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QE sees deficit at Bank of Ireland pension fund increase by €700m
Increase triggered by falling discount rates, with low inflation cushioning impact
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Finland's VER returns 7.4%, names managing director
Strong equity returns offset by fixed income portfolio’s results of 1.8%
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Norwegian sovereign fund reports record quarterly return
Fund sees inflows from Norwegian government fall further in Q1 on back of low oil prices
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NewsEuropean proposals for double voting rights 'flawed'
Leading governance organisation warns European Parliament against proposals in Shareholder Rights Directive
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NewsPrice of CMBS, infrastructure assets holding back investors – survey
Goldman Sachs Asset Management finds concerns about low-yield environment most on insurers’ minds
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ABP, AP4 rise up ranking of asset owners assessing climate risk
Report by Asset Owners Disclosure Project finds only 7% of global asset owners calculate carbon footprint
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NewsECB should not consider European pension funds as 'collateral damage'
PensionsEurope calls for regulatory changes to ease burden on pension funds affected by European Central Bank programme
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NewsStrong first-quarter returns boost assets to €45bn at Finland's Keva
Equity returns close to 16% in line with performance of Finnish peers
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Finnish pension providers see 'outstanding' equity results due to ECB
European Central Bank’s quantitative easing boosts equities, but fixed income returns remain low
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NewsAODP launches initiative to sue pension investors who ignore climate risk
Chief executive of Asset Owners Disclosure Project says pension funds must model risk to portfolio from policy changes on carbon
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'Tensions' to blame for UK government's delay on LGPS reforms
Senior civil servant says government position on merger, shift to passive investment ‘way, way overdue’
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Irish sovereign fund increases exposure to alternatives
Ireland Strategic Investment Fund sees discretionary portfolio return 3.4% over first quarter
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Irish regulator rejects calls to water down funding standard for DB schemes
Pensions Authority says relaxing funding standard in wake of quantitative easing would give ‘false impression’ of economic reality
