Markets – Page 83
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Detailhandel launches SDG benchmark for credit portfolio
The Dutch scheme for the retail industry is focusing its credit investments on four SDGs
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Austrian investment funds risk losses of up to €20bn due to green transition
FMA’s climate stress test revealed that risks linked to the transition to a sustainable economy can lead to ‘substantial aggregated losses in value’
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Almost half of Dutch pharmacists want fossil fuel divestment
The fund’s members also support divesting from companies that have adverse effects on health
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NewsTAI tallies $23trn for top 100 asset owners, urges ‘systems leadership’
Co-founder Roger Urwin says largest asset owners ‘hold keys to the castle’ with regards to the goal of net-zero emissions
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Private markets protect institutional investors in time of crisis – study
The study analysed the dot-com crash, the subprime mortgage and financial crisis in 2007-09, and the COVID-19 pandemic
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: What pension schemes should consider when upping renewables
Renewity’s CIO, David Hunter, outlines five considerations for pension schemes looking to up their renewables exposure
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NewsEthos to push biodiversity, digital responsibility in engagement strategy
Climate change, human and labour rights, and good governance will remain top priorities
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NewsThree foreign pension lessons for the UK – PPI report
Lessons on what does (not) improve value for money from pensions can be drawn from Sweden, Australia and the Netherlands
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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
