All Equities articles – Page 6
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News
Danish doctors’ pension fund votes down climate-failing bank majors
Lægernes Pension boasts 2024 climate targets achieved ahead of schedule, largely through exclusions
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Asset Class Reports
Equities: a return to passive safe havens
In an effort to counterbalance an uncertain economic outlook and geopolitical tensions, many institutional investors are avoiding active management
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Country Report
Solvency rules continue to hamper Finland’s private pension funds
The Finnish retirement industry hopes that a relaxation of regulations will allow schemes to increase equity allocations
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Asset Class Reports
Magnificent seven stocks suck up capital from other sectors
Concentration of US equity markets around a handful of names remains an intractable issue
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Asset Class Reports
Small-cap equities struggle as giants surge ahead
Small caps are finding it difficult to make inroads in a world dominated by the Magnificent Seven
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Features
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator - June 2024
Trump and Biden are both losing to undecided voters, a group that is now unusually large and may be sensitive to Trump’s legal troubles. Biden’s approval rate is below his score in presidential polls, while Trump’s score is the same in presidential polls and those measuring voters’ opinion of him. In the UK, the Conservatives took another drubbing in the local elections.
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News
NBIM backs simpler targets to achieve long-term sustainable investments
NBIM climate lead said the fund’s long term views enables it to step out of certain ‘highly politicised discussions’.
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News
PKBS drops ExxonMobil, Chevron, Glencore following oil and gas expansion deals
The pension fund has decided to implement an ESG index for investments in Swiss equities
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News
Demand for equities double but infrastructure mandates fall, report finds
Infrastructure mandates for institutional investors saw a 15% fall in the last year
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Interviews
Thematics Asset Management’s CIO on themes and investment challenges
Out of the 19 boutiques businesses belonging to the Natixis Investment Management franchise, Thematics Asset Management is by no means the smallest, but it is not exactly a juggernaut, managing €3.3bn of assets at the end of last year. Yet, it is actively contributing to what could be a crucial evolutionary step for global investors.
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Features
IPE Quest Expectations Indicator - May 2024
EU parliamentary elections are approaching fast. Current polls predict a shift to the right, with the current centrist parties remaining dominant and the extremist right overtaking the Eurosceptics. US President Donald Trump is still liable to be convicted in a criminal case, but his poll figures are rising.
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News
Denmark’s PFA offloads €160m Shell holding after goal weakening
Bessing says still believes Shell better positioned for green transition than vast majority of oil and gas companies
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News
Fondo Gomma Plastica to create equity mandate investing in Italy
The scheme is working on the equity mandate with other pension funds joining as part of a consortium
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News
Finland’s Elo cites hedge funds, listed equities as Q1 drivers
Pensions insurer makes 6.5% return on hedge funds as weighting increases in portfolio
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Cassa Forense seeks asset managers for investment vehicles worth €4bn
The lawyers scheme is creating the two vehicles to streamline investments and administration of its assets
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News
NBIM misses benchmark in Q1 on drag from real estate
Tangen boasts biggest-ever quarterly gain in kroner for the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund
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News
Italian pension schemes reap benefits of banks’ equity investments
The Bank of Italy has distributed dividends to shareholders, including pension funds, for a total amount of €340m
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News
AP3 CEO wary of social media manipulation in election year
Staffan Hansén gets up close to US forestry asset while staying aware of 2024’s potential for global political change
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News
Swiss APK to review investment strategy, sustainability approach
The scheme plans to cover further asset classes with existing sustainability strategy
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Opinion Pieces
US pension plans wrestle with China private market exposure
After a horrible 2023, Chinese stocks look cheap and attractive. But most US pension funds do not seem interested in investing in the Chinese stock market. On the contrary, they have reduced their holdings since 2020 and some are exiting entirely, according to Bloomberg analysis.