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Institutional investors hold over $1.2trn in global coal industry
The GCEL shows 4,970 institutions hold a total of $228.36bn in bonds and $994.07bn in equities within the coal industry
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ICMA compiles proposals to address EU taxonomy usability concerns
Warning that usability challenges could ‘seriously impair’ EU taxonomy implementation
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NewsSwiss roundup: Compenswiss warns financial stability of AHV, IV funds not enough
Plus: Migros sees increased funding ratio; Second pillar reform
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German Spezialfonds draw record €131bn inflows
Private equity funds increased their assets almost tenfold over the past three years to reach a level of €24bn
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NewsDACH roundup: Valida closes 2021 on positive note
Plus: BaFin urges pension funds to declare employer insolvency
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UK roundup: LPFA removes last extractive fossil fuel company investment
Plus: Growth of professional trustees; Master trust warns of costly mandatory single charging structure; Cushon buys Better with Money
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AnalysisAnalysis: German institutional investors still hesitant to invest in Asian equities
German institutional investors allocate around €624bn to equities, of which only €24bn (4%) to Japan, €4.9bn to China (0.77%) and €4.5bn to India (0.70%)
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Dutch pension funds see no need for inflation protection
Inflation figures in the Netherlands are currently among the highest in the euro zone
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Real asset strategies pay off for Swiss institutional investors – study
Foreign equities recorded the highest increase in value in 2021 with 26.1%
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NewsNorway’s government may change the rule limiting its use of SWF money
Official committee recommends studying a cash-flow rule instead, because current return-based rule makes fiscal policy vulnerable to fall in fund’s value
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Swiss roundup: comPlan more than doubles returns to CHF1.19bn
Plus: St.Galler Pensionskasse, BLPK and BPK up returns; New climate strategy for Novartis pension fund
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Swiss federal railways scheme reaches record funding ratio
The retirement assets of all active members will be increased by 4% as of 1 January 2023
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PGGM, Alecta sign €8bn credit risk sharing deal with BNP Paribas
The deal is the first transaction based on a new set of EU criteria for Simple, Transparent and Standardised Transactions
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NewsUK DB schemes maintain surplus despite fall in asset and liability values
Plus: UK-listed companies with DB schemes see profit warnings increase
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NewsAsset managers use men as default, says survey
Half the asset managers in the survey revealed that just 10% or less of their fund managers or investment analysts are women
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Pension funds neglect human capital when setting investment policy, say experts
Huisartsen and ABP take more investment risk because of their members’ predictable income prospects
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NewsDACH roundup: Swiss BVK tops CHF41.4bn in assets
Plus: VBV Pensionskasse continues to cut CO2 footprint in portfolio
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NewsSustainable bond issuance growth to slow on way to $1.35trn total in 2022 – Moody’s
Prediction that sustainability-linked bond issuance to more than double, however
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PFA predicts 2022 will offer positive equity returns, despite uncertainty
Chief strategist says historic economic recovery ‘does not seem compatible with a continued decline in equities.’
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NewsNew indices to monitor ‘anticipated actual’ green recovery
2° Investing Initiative’s indices are inspired by the Purchasing Managers’ Indices (PMI)
