Markets – Page 121
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Dutch pension funds untroubled by risk of Greece contagion
Remaining exposure to troubled country limited at most
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ECB to ‘act as backstop’ to protect markets from Greek default contagion
Asset managers call for calm in euro-zone despite expected Greek default
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Danish pension funds expect turbulent week on Greece jitters
PFA Pension, Nordea’s Danish subsidiary sanguine on risk of contagion
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Chronicle of a death foretold: But is it Greece or the euro-zone?
The argument must be made that there is a special relationship that ties countries within the EU together, argues Joseph Mariathasan
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OECD calls for vigilance on ‘search for yield’, lenience on solvency
Think tanks says excessive search for yield could lead to increased insolvency risk for pension funds
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Belgian pension fund OGEO increases assets to more than €1bn
Municipal employees scheme brings assets in-house but sees returns drop for second consecutive year
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APG buys stake in Chinese retail property developer Chongbang
Investment fits within strategy to participate in ‘city-specific platforms’ in gateway urban centres
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Private equity drives 15% return at West Midlands Pension Fund
Scheme sees bumper returns from listed, unlisted equity, sells out of commodities, hedge funds
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IOSCO seeks to temper ‘systemic risk’ proposals for asset managers
Umbrella group for regulators calls for full review of asset managers to see whether there is even a problem
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Swiss government must address impact of low rates on pension funds – KPMG
DB schemes struggling to stay on even keel in low-interest-rate environment, study shows
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Société Générale looks to exit Amundi in IPO plan
Amundi to be listed on stock exchange by end of 2015 as Société Générale looks to sell entire share
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Royal Mail Pension Plan awards £700m equity options mandate
Postal pension scheme increases derivatives usage after implementing synthetic equity exposure via River & Mercantile
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European scheme tenders US high-yield mandate using IPE-Quest
Pension fund looks for asset manager to run active mandate
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UK bulk annuity market spikes with Prudential, Northern Bank deal
Prudential enters 2015 lumpy bulk annuity market announcing largest deal this year and taking business over £2bn
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APK calls for ‘scenario testing' over traditional valuation methods
Christian Böhm says QE making traditional valuation difficult, calls for assets to be evaluated for ‘sensitivity’ to scenarios
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Asset managers criticise pension fund exclusion in systemic risk consultation
BlackRock suggests FSB consultation on ‘too big to fail’ entities should look at market as a whole as Vanguard calls for mutual fund exclusion
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Derbyshire to boost real asset exposure after below benchmark returns
Fund to push for alloactions to meet SAA levels after alternatives portfolio returns 20.3% and property 14.1%
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Allianz becomes sole owner of Austrian Vorsorgekasse
Austrian bank BAWAG sells share in provident fund that claims around one-sixth of severance pay fund market
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ESMA calls for UCITS amendments with launch of EMIR review
European agency says current UCITS regime unfit for new derivatives regulations as Commission reviews impact of EMIR
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Commission’s new regulatory regime for benchmarks to enter trialogue after EU Council, Parliamentary approval
