All Pension Fund Management articles – Page 2
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Energy Transition: Matching Liabilities and Capturing the Equity Premium
Energy transition infrastructure can match long-term liabilities, generate high yields and lift pension schemes’ sustainability profiles.
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Bouwinvest raises €836 million in capital, welcomes 10 new clients in 2021
Bouwinvest Real Estate Investors raised €836 million in capital in 2021 and welcomed 10 new clients, including pension fund Notariaat and Centramed.
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Pensions Investment Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities
There are several uncertainties in the economic and market outlook that are important for pension funds. The most significant of these revolves around interest rates and whether the global economy is strong enough to cope with further potential COVID-19 related disruptions.
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Amundi Pension Funds Letter n°11
In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a lot of discussion has focused on the worsening of the retirement prospects of savers around the world. Indeed, exceptional policies, such as the possibility of raiding retirement pots in advance and the low interest rate environment supported by dovish monetary policies, could potentially have dramatic impacts on the availability of pensions in the long run.
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Amundi Pension Fund Letter N 10
Today, investors have a unique opportunity to observe the spreading of a real virus alongside the viral nature of financial markets and the real economy. As Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Shiller points out in his book, “Narrative Economics: How Stories Go Viral and Drive Major Economic Events”, stories and images are created around new economic events1. In some cases, these stories are memories of the past and their spreading can have major implications regarding performances of economies and financial markets.
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When equity becomes debt: The untapped potential of amortising-lease real estate
Pension schemes seeking alternatives to bonds may find amortising leases a compelling option, writes Luke Layfield.
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Considerations for DC Pension Funds: Investing in Global Real Estate
In 2019 The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), HM Treasury and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) consulted on Defined Contribution (DC) schemes reporting on their policy for investment into illiquid asset classes.
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Cash flow matching through a crisis
As defined benefit pension funds mature, their need for cash-generating investments only increases.
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The Covid-19 crisis: two sides of the same coin for pension funds
From a long-term investment perspective, the unprecedented global crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic brings along both challenges and opportunities, which constitute two sides of the same coin for institutional investors such as pension funds.
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Why pension funds should consider impact investing
Besides supporting pension funds in achieving their financial goals, impact investing helps them to meet the growing appetite for integrating sustainability into their portfolios.
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Defined Benefit pensions de-risking: A covenant and investment view
In the midst of the COVID-19 shock, Felix Mantz from Lincoln Pensions and Joachim Sudre from Aviva Investors explore how defined benefit pension schemes should plan their journey towards an end game and adopt a more holistic approach to risk.
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Webinar: Climate change challenge: How can the TCFD help pension schemes?
How can pension schemes start actively assessing, managing and reporting their exposure to climate change?
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Aviva Investors and Lincoln Pensions DB De-Risking Webcast
DB pension schemes are slowly but surely heading towards their endgame. The uncertain cost of pensions continues to put pressure on sponsor companies, while trustees must adapt to ever-changing regulations and challenges.
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Opportunity exists for US, UK and Canadian pension funds who are prepared to de-risk
We recently witnessed the end of a very important moment, when US, UK and Canadian pension funds were simultaneously at the best funded status they had experienced in ten years. At the same time, all three markets had new entrants in pension insurance and reinsurance with ample insurer capacity, vibrant price competition and attractive buy-in and buy-out pricing. Additionally, seven years of lower than expected longevity improvements meant the lowest liability pricing from insurers and reinsurers in over ten years.
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Spotlight on listed infrastructure - The attractions to pension schemes
Infrastructure typically gives investors access to regular, reliable and secure cashflows that grow over time and thus provide some protection from inflation generated from real, physical assets.
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Spotlight on listed infrastructure - The attractions to pension schemes
Infrastructure forms the backbone of any economy, providing essential services to individual communities and the country at large. For some time, the sectors and businesses that are considered to be infrastructure have been expanding and evolving, beyond what are regarded to be traditional areas.
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Quantitative Easing: The End Of The Road For Pension Investors?
Has central banks’ Quantitative Easing (QE) been a blessing or a curse for investors?
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Whitepaper: A Great Time to Be Agnostic?
CME Group recently collaborated with Pensions & Investments (P&I) to survey the attitudes and allocation preferences of today’s institutional investors, given the current market environment and the use of alternative investment strategies.
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French Pension Reform (An Update)
At the time we were writing the Thematic Paper entitled “French Pension Reform: A Trojan Horse for Better Control of the State Budget?”1, the financial sustainability of the French pension system looked certain. Since then, the government has set a new savings goal, with the aim of achieving financial equilibrium by 2025, and in doing so has prematurely ejected from its Trojan horse… This adds a whole new challenge to an already high-risk reform.
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The Power of Emotions: Responsible Investment as a Motivator for Generation DC
Study of attitudes to pensions and responsible investment.