Pension Fund Strategy – Page 67
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Country ReportItaly: Ready for the challenge
Italy’s occupational pension funds are primed to deal with the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Norway’s KLP offloads loss-making pensions unit to DNB Liv
Business now less strategically important given new public sector pension, says KLP
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Danish appeals board rules market-rate switch not necessary
AP may now mull giving individuals the option to change pension plans
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ABN Amro pension fund to focus on climate SDGs
SDG 7 (affordable and clean energy) and SDG 13 (climate action) are ‘specific areas of attention’ in its investment policy
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NewsMP Pension changes name to AkademikerPension
Members vote against divesting gas stocks which fail to live up to Paris goals
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Delta Lloyd scheme splits matching holdings into LDI, spread portfolios
It will also raise its stake in emerging market equity as well as real estate to 16.7%
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NewsING scheme delays indexation decision because of COVID-19
The fund could tap into a €265m emergency reserve fund
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NewsLothian scheme adopts automated stock lending recall service
The service will allow LPF to vote at the AGMs of every company it holds
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DNB scheme ponders joining consolidation vehicle
It reduced the number of trustees from nine to six, and established its own administrative bureau for board support
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NewsFunding roundup: JPMorgan AM sees 6.5% funding level drop for UK schemes
Plus: PPF 7800 index May 2020 figures; Dutch schemes’ funding levels
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Dutch building scheme sticks to ‘expensive’ PE, hedge funds
The fund reduced management fees for hedge funds by 27% during the past five years by negotiating service fees
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LGPS pool makes early stewardship code reporting move
Brunel Pension Partnership publishes first annual report responsible investment and stewardship outcomes report
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BMO sees stable long-term returns if depression can be avoided
Equity developed markets expected to generate 4.5% on average
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Local Pensions Partnership establishes admin business as distinct entity
Move to establish LPPA ties in with new five-year plan
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NewsFund of funds gives Swiss investors option to deploy capital into SMEs
Companies looking for financing would issue preferred shares for the fund
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ICGN ‘adds voice calling for change’ in racial discrimination statement
ICGN responds to death of George Floyd and protests with statement setting out ‘duty to listen, to educate ourselves, to take concrete actions’
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Philips scheme to reinvest most of its 7.5% cash holdings
Cash was the scheme’s only asset class generating a negative return last year
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Universities scheme decides exclusions, cites prospects concerns
Higher education scheme set to make its first exclusion-based divestments
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Country ReportNordic Region: Pension funds step up to the plate
Nordic pension funds have been quick to offer support to local ecomomies affected by the coronaviris crisis
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InterviewsHow we run our money: PPF - Defending UK pensions
Barry Kenneth, CIO of the UK’s Pension Protection Fund (PPF), tells Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about managing the fund’s portfolio during the COVID-19 outbreak
