Markets – Page 72
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NewsDACH roundup: Swiss SIX Exchange launches digital assets trading platform
Plus: Swiss cabinet’s anti greenwashing stance; BaFin’s goals and pension funds’ stats; Actuaries on Solvency II
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NewsSwiss pension funds almost triple assets invested to cut CO2 emissions
Schemes have this year invested 22% of their assets based on active strategies leading to a reduction of CO2 emissions
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NewsLPPI’s internally-managed portfolios post high returns
The in-house run global equity large-cap portfolio achieved annualised returns of 17.6%
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NewsSwiss cabinet creates unlisted assets category to boost tech investments
Investments in ‘innovative and promising technologies’ can unlock value for pension funds, says cabinet
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ATP increases members’ pensions by €4bn
‘We can afford it because our returns have been so extremely good for several years,’ says CEO
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UK roundup: MFS launches credit strategy for DB schemes, insurers
Plus: Overseas banking group closes buy-in deal for UK scheme
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NewsGermany’s VBL reviews internal guidelines for asset allocation
VBL excludes equity and bond investments linked to serious and systematic violations of human rights
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NewsESG capabilities will drive fiduciary business – IPE survey
Managers buoyant about business flows in 2022
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Climate activists target Dutch healthcare fund PFZW
Extinction Rebellion and Christian Climate Action activists occupied the lobby of the fund’s asset manager PGGM
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Dutch government to allow faster indexation
Pension indexation threshold to be lowered from 110% to 105% as of 2022
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DACH roundup: Daimler pension trust sells stake in Renault worth €305m
Plus: German lifeboat schemes set contribution rate; Direct promises hold popular spot; Alliance against nuclear taxonomy at COP26
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Healthy UK DB schemes expect to fund 98.3% of accrued benefits
LCP calls on DB schemes to pay more attention to inflation
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Swiss rules on crypto asset trading offer clarity to investors
The recently approved rules introduce a licence for distributed ledger technology (DLT) trading facilities
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DWS designs engagement policy to track outcomes
The asset manager will define three clusters of engagement: strategic, focus and core
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NewsEC releases EU, China green taxonomies comparison
The work was carried out in the context of the EU-launched International Platform on Sustainable Finance
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NewsSwiss roundup: Govt consults on new accounting rules for Compenswiss
Plus: Occupational pensions’ interest rate stays at 1%; Commitments to fight climate change in developing countries
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News51% of Dutch financial institutions have carbon reduction plans
The plans are hard to compare as the signatories, which include 13 pension funds, use different methods to measure carbon emissions
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Swiss regulator issues guidelines to curb greenwashing
A sustainable investment strategy or policy has to rely on a ‘specific sustainability component’ that goes beyond exclusion criteria
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EU Commission unresponsive on call to exclude nuclear power from Taxonomy
‘The classification of nuclear power and natural gas as sustainable under the EU taxonomy would undermine the credibility of a green taxonomy’
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UK roundup: TPT master trust invests in private equity
Plus: John Townsend scheme agrees £30m buy-in
