Pension Fund Strategy – Page 2
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: How a DB ‘surplus code’ could support economic growth
David Wrigley, partner at LCP, says supporting the appropriate release of surpluses could provide a shot in the arm to the UK economy
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NewsAP2 hires new CIO Anna Hammer to continue portfolio changes
Gothenburg-based buffer fund poaches Länsförsäkringar CIO to fill gap after losing Erik Kleväng Callert to SEB Trygg Liv
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NewsAP7 indicates BlackRock’s NZAM exit could affect future mandates
Sweden’s biggest state pension fund to meet world’s largest asset manager ‘to better understand’ decisions after BlackRock fled net zero alliance
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NewsProfond’s returns climb to 9.4%, funding ratio to 110% in 2024
Board of trustees decides to apply interest rate of 8% on retirement savings
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NewsSOKA-BAU’s sub-fund to boost international investments
It also plans to invest 5% in private debt – its first investment in the asset class
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NewsPensionsEurope opposes additional liquidity risk measures at EU level
Industry group responds to EIOPA draft opinion on supervision of IORPs’ liquidity risk management
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NewsPensionDanmark to ramp up equities after 17% stocks gain in 2024
Danish pension fund to increase the equity proportion particularly for younger scheme members, and postpone risk reduction starting point by five years to age 50
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NewsPreviAmbiente swaps Credit Suisse with UnipolSai in bid to cut costs
The new manager will run the scheme’s ‘Garantito’ sub-fund, worth around €350m, which invests 96% in bonds and 4% in equities
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NewsDanica moves closer to parent Danske Bank with new commercial strategy
CEO Kaagaard says it is ‘completely natural’ to change name to the single word ‘Danica’
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AnalysisDutch DC frontrunners reform their interest rate hedges
In DC, pension funds will only hedge interest rate risk for older participants
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NewsPKBS switches to Pictet, LGIM to diversify risk
The emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS in March 2023 triggered the pension fund’s decision to look for new asset managers
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NewsPFA’s climate product beats standard pension with 19.6% return
Parts of the green sector hit by declining investment appetite in 2024, says CIO
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NewsGerman dentists’ scheme takes €65m hit from investments
The write-off in 2023 is higher than the €45.98m recorded in 2022, and results mostly from private equity investments and investments in ‘affiliated companies’
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NewsDutch doctors’ fund focuses on Europe in new equity portfolio
The scheme’s new concentrated portfolio only includes 65 companies
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NewsFondenel launches new equity investment option
Under the new option, the pension fund will pursue a strategy with a strong exposure to equities
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NewsAustria’s BVK sees 10% rise in AUM
Provident funds’ assets under management grew by €834.16m, or 4.21%, quarter-on-quarter in Q3
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NewsFon.Te allocates further €160m to private markets
Fon.Te has also approved investments worth €130m to back alternative investment funds (AIFs) internationally
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NewsSwiss BVK issues €700m infrastructure mandates
A €350m mandate will invest via a multi-manager arrangement, while the other €350m mandate will invest via an unlisted co-investment
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InterviewsAP7 boosts internal management as it reaches quarter-century milestone
Sweden’s DC buffer fund is boosting internal capacity and embarking on a hiring spree as it seeks to adapt to a harsh new investment environment
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NewsP+ taken to task by Danish FSA over private equity risk measurement
Financial watchdog criticises pension fund for failing to document appropriateness of data source behind model to estimate PE risk premium
