Real Assets – Page 2
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NewsAllianz Leben plans selective move on private markets
The firm will increasingly look to opportunities in corporate and government bond investments
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NewsMercer report reveals asset owners set to increase private markets allocations
Large asset owners confident their portfolios remain resilient despite market turbulence
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NewsPension funds to continue alternatives buying spree
Pension schemes believe infrastructure and natural capital investments such as forestry are best placed to deliver sustainability and impact objectives
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AnalysisSustainable agriculture is a growing necessity and institutional investors play a key role
Investment manager PGIM stated in a research note in May: “From farm to fork, our global food system is vast, complex, inefficient and increasingly unfit for purpose.”
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NewsInstitute highlights risks for DB funds in ‘productive finance’ investing
EDHEC Infrastructure & Private Assets Research Institute recommends The Pensions Regulator set up best practice rules
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NewsPensionskasse Post boosts infrastructure, real estate investments
The scheme allocated CHF100m for impact investments in infrastructure
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NewsGerman doctors scheme boosts allocations to alternatives
The pension fund has increased allocations in private equity, private debt and infrastructure
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NewsAP7 takes first direct private equity step and plans to pick GPs for long term
Per Olofsson, acting CIO, gives IPE the low-down on the Swedish pension fund’s journey into new asset classes
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NewsFinnish pension funds deemed able to weather big illiquids writedowns
Average investment return of 1.6% in Q1 was just below required rate of return, says FIN-FSA
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NewsNEST advances into private markets as AUM reach £30bn
‘NEST needed an investment framework in place that could rapidly grow’, says Liz Fernando, NEST’s CIO
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NewsBorder to Coast launches £2.3bn private markets programme
The new fund will target opportunities across infrastructure, private equity, and private credit
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NewsVER to increase private asset weighting as new rules give scope
Finnish buffer fund behind central government pensions aims to broaden private assets allocation by three points
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NewsSwedish buffer funds AP1, AP3 report 2022 losses of 8.6%, 5.8%
AP1’s CEO stresses importance of liquidity management; AP3 says emerging markets exposures to be analysed
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NewsAP2 boasts resilient portfolio after 6.7% 2022 investment loss
First of Sweden’s AP funds to report full-year figures says beat benchmarks by 0.3 of a point overall
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NewsIPD calls for swift Danish, EU action on green energy in face of Biden’s rapid rollout
Danish pension funds will make their renewable infrastructure investments in US if Denmark, EU don’t move now, says lobby
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German actuaries, Aba propose review of pension rules to boost real assets investments
The government has started the dialogue on ‘strengthening company pensions’ to reform the second pillar pension system
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To rebalance or not? Dutch pension funds face dilemma as illiquids exceed limits
Bpf Bouw will sell close to €3bn in hedge fund investments and is also reconsidering its private equity and real estate holdings
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Country ReportSwitzerland: Pension funds edge towards alternative investments
Swiss pension funds are cautiously but decisively taking steps to build a portfolio of alternative investments
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Too many good, green investments allowed to gather dust, says Denmark’s IPD
Denmark’s pensions lobby reiterates sector’s willingness to invest, especially now, in light of the tight 2030 fiscal policy plan
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IPD praises European Hydrogen Bank launch, says Denmark must follow
Danish pensions lobby welcomes Ursula von der Leyen heralding €3bn support for future hydrogen market
