Returns – Page 31
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NewsItaly roundup: Pension assets grow despite pandemic impact
Plus: Priamo continues positive performance in Q1
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NewsActive management of public equities bolsters Church’s 10.4% return
The Church’s active fund management approach helped maintain its funding despite last year’s uncertainty that hit some financial markets
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NewsNegative factor strategy return for ING scheme
The ING pension fund is sticking with is factor strategy for now but it will start hedging its liabilities in real terms instead of nominal terms
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Italy roundup: Inarcassa carries on with private debt allocation
Plus: Journalists fund to invest in real assets; Institutional investors turn to ESG; Fondo Pegaso’s performance
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NewsDACH roundup: Austrian Pensionskassen turn to private markets
Plus: Swisscanto’s first ESG Pensionskassen survey; Pension funds lead allocations in German Spezialfonds
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Danish pension funds invest more in unlisted equities than listed
Central bank analyses sector’s average allocations in three years up to 2021
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Rabobank pension fund continues serial underperformance
The fund will replace its disappointing factor investing strategy with a passive portfolio
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NewsSustainable equity portfolio shows lack of sync with EU taxonomy – study
Using minimum exclusion criteria, together with best in class and value approaches, results in an ESG risk score 19% lower than the market index
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NewsFinnish pension funds boosted investment risk in Q1, says FSA
Ratio of solvency capital requirement to investment assets rises to highest level since 2017, says watchdog
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NewsShell’s Dutch scheme settles on four SDGs for ESG policy focus
€31bn pension fund says too early to assess implications of court ruling ordering Shell to pursue steeper emission cuts
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NewsATP creates new unit to invest €807m in domestic direct equity
ATP Long Term Danish Equity kicks off with IT, MedTech, pharma and renewables firms with DKK250m-plus turnover
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NewsSwedish pension contributions hold up in Q1 despite pandemic
Insurance Sweden reports occupational pension contributions grew in Q1, year-on-year, by 7.2%
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NewsSwiss roundup: Climate strategy, exclusion policy drive PKZH’s equity returns
Plus: Annual results for Asga, Credit Suisse, CPV/CAP, APK, PKBS
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NewsSwiss pension fund swaps hedge funds, commodities for gold
Its 2020 funding ratio stood at 71.4%, above the 67.3% set for its recapitalization path, but below the 72.3% number for 2019
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NewsBest-performing UK fiduciary managers took more risk, says survey
‘Trustees should hold fiduciary managers to account. It is easy to assume the managers will run the journey plan, but the trustees are still responsible’
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NewsGerman DAX firms see drop in pension provisions
Pension provisions for Volkswagen’s automotive division fell from €44.2bn in 2020 to €40.1bn so far this year
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: To kick or not kick the proverbial can down the road
With world leaders committing to reduced carbon emissions targets and with COP26 in November this year, achieving net zero is coming into sharper attention more than ever.
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NewsLGPS sees assets under management drop by 4.9%
The LGPS liabilities were estimated at £291bn indicating an overall funding level of 98%
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Danish pension failures on economies of scale show action needed
Percentage investment costs rose in line with pension assets from 2011 to 2017, says competition authority
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Italy roundup: Inarcassa’s investment performance short of 3% target
Plus: Enpab improves operating profits
