Investment Strategies – Page 3
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Country Report
Investment strategy: Asset allocation at a time of uncertainty
Senior investment figures give their views on asset allocation
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Opinion Pieces
No right side to the inflation debate
The question of whether the current trend of rising inflation is a transitory or permanent one is not trivial. It is forcing the institutional investor community to reflect on their long-term investment strategies. Investors have to review their current approaches and get ready to make significant changes if their views prove incorrect.
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Country Report
Investment strategy: Shifting from fixed income
Swiss pension funds are rebalancing their portfolios but allocating to certain asset classes could prove challenging
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News
Sampension says low exposure to large growth stocks helped in Q1
Danish pension firm’s CIO says bond portfolio’s make up saved it from worse price falls
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Asset Class Reports
Portfolio strategy – Factor investing report
COVID-19 has added a further blow to a decade of factor investing underperformance and highlighted the increasing impact of environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. In this report, we analyse how it may be possible to complement traditional factors with ESG-related measures.
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Asset Class Reports
Trade Finance: Weathering the storm
Trade and supply-chain finance has faced several threats in recent years but the opportunity for institutional investors is alive and well
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News
Nordic pension funds keep close eye on inflation trend
The Federal Reserve’s changed inflation goal feeds uncertainty about how and when US policymakers will step in
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Features
Private Markets - Agriculture: A growing asset class
Consumer demand, technology and government policies to encourage regenerative farming are creating opportunities for investors
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Asset Class Reports
Private markets – Private equity: the impact of COVID-19
The pandemic has devastated some sectors while boosting others
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News
UK’s NEST commits to ‘ambitious’ diversity and inclusion plan
The scheme wants at least three out of seven of its executive team to be women, and 50% of its leadership to be women, by 2025
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Asset Class Reports
Equities – Pandemic winners and losers
COVID-19 is proving a powerful catalyst for social and technological change
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News
Keva chief says fund actively looking for new Finnish unlisted assets
Fund wants to offer itself as a long-term, domestic ownership option for energy infrastructure assets
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Asset Class Reports
Portfolio strategy – Equities in the time of the pandemic
The speed and impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have thrown up challenges for investors that will not be clear for decades
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News
Church of England fuels ExxonMobil rebellion with open letter
It underlines the importance of governance, in the context not only of climate change, but also the collapse in demand for oil and gas
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News
Danish schemes outline current investment attitudes after recent losses
Academics’ pension fund reduces equities allocation to 24%; AP Pension sees no reason to change strategy
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News
ATP and PFA sell out VIA Equity PE funds
“It is time for a strategic change,” Bo Foged declares
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News
Austrian pension funds return 6.72% over H1 2019
Pension fund association identifies active management, Federal Reserve decision, and equity markets as the main drivers
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News
Swiss collective pensions vehicles get green light for equities boost
Pension funds will have more say in Anlagestiftungen decisions under new law
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Features
IPE Expectations Indicator: January 2018
It would be an understatement to say the shine has left the US equity market, given this month’s manager expectation submissions