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NewsFormer NBIM chief advocates for more flexibility in investment management
Knut Kjaer compares the managment of NBIM with the CPPIB and the Government of Singapre Investment Corporation
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NewsEmployers tackle volatility by offering more secure ‘cross border’ pension plans
The number of IPPs and ISPs plans in countries with challenging circumstances increased from 54 in 2019 to 126 in 2024
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NewsThinking Ahead Institute calls for investors to double stewardship resources
Report shows that industry average stewardship resourcing level is currently at around 5% of total investment management costs
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NewsRobeco poaches EMD team from Candriam
The addition of a sovereign emerging market debt strategy ‘is an important step in addressing market demands’, according to the Dutch asset manager
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NewsSAUL is first UK scheme to adopt pass-through voting across DC, DB plans
The move strengthens the £3bn University of London’s stewardship powers which is particularly focused on voting for resolutions at the Climate Action 100+ companies
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NewsNEST picks Northern Trust for admin, custody
Northern Trust will provide key services for NEST’s investment strategy, including custody, asset allocation and rebalancing, and performance measurement
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NewsPGB to focus sustainable investments on biodiversity, food systems
70% of members of the €37bn Dutch multi-sector fund support a focus on sustainability, according to a recent survey
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NewsAP7 starts distributing surpluses to savers to keep fees stable
Swedish default fund for premium pension finds solution to excess-money quandary as asset management surpluses grow
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NewsFondo Espero to review investment strategy to set up new sub-fund, life cycle option
Strategic realignment comes after introduction of silent-consent rule to tacitly join the scheme
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NewsBVCA calls for pensions investment roadmap to increase UK investment
BVCA latest report shows investment by private equity and venture capital in UK businesses fell to £20.1bn in 2023
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NewsSwiss schemes turn to corporate bonds as currency hedging costs rise
Currency hedging costs in the bond markets US and EU government bonds less attractive for the pension funds, says Complementa
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NewsSiemens Investor Plan appoints Standard Life as master trust provider
Over 30,000 Siemens members move to Standard Life master trust
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NewsPKBS cuts insurance-linked securities for fixed income, domestic property
teh scheme’s ILS active portfolio posted returns of -4.98% last year
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NewsGermany’s BVK redefines macro allocations in new investment strategy
As part of its its strategic asset allocation, the fund plans to invest in timber looking at ‘evergreen structures’
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NewsUK equity disclosure enforcement could contradict Value for Money framework
SPP questions whether pension funds should invest in British businesses when knowing that such investment may produce worse returns than investing overseas
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NewsCBI, CSSF finalise yield buffer rules for sterling LDI funds
Measures complement guidance issued by UK regulators in wake of UK LDI crisis
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NewsABP to reduce investments in emerging markets
The fund believes it no longer pays to be overweight the region given the expected returns for emerging market assets
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NewsSmall DB schemes unlikely to run on beyond buyout funding level due to costs
Hymans Robertson finds that the cost of running a small DB scheme is four times the cost of running a large scheme
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NewsDenmark’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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NewsAP4 resets long-term scenarios amid US trade worries
Swedish pensions buffer fund CEO sees political environment remaining problematic for years
