Asset Allocation
SPP moves in as banks move out
Sweden’s SPP Livförsäkring is shifting its allocation in favour of more illiquid assets, and alternative risk premia, to escape enduring low interest rates.
Sarah RundellMarch 11, 2016
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Asset Allocation
Rising from the ashes
Ireland's Strategic Investment Fund will play to its strengths in evolving a strategy to invest a further €5.6 billion across the capital structure and for the long term.
Sarah RundellMarch 2, 2016
Asset Allocation
Swiss investor gets real
Publica, one of Switzerland’s largest investors, is reallocating assets away from government bonds into real assets as it dynamically adjusts asset allocation due to macro-economic instability.
Sarah RundellFebruary 24, 2016
Investor Profile
UK fund merger a first
Two UK local government pension schemes will merge, with a strategy of boosting internal management to 80–90 per cent of assets as well as paring back equity allocations.
Sarah RundellFebruary 19, 2016
Asset Allocation
Equities sell down
To better manage downside risk, the second-largest UK local government pension scheme has a plan to gradually alter its equity allocation.
Sarah RundellFebruary 12, 2016
PRI in Person
Guide to persuading trustees to join the ESG journey: CalSTRS and BT Pension Fund explain all
For many asset owners, persuading their trustees to adopt an ESG strategy can be a challenge. The ESG strategy of one of the UK’s biggest pension funds, the $65 billion BT Pension Scheme, became more serious with the realisation that the scheme’s sponsors and beneficiaries were more interested in the area, said Daniel Ingram, head of […]
Sarah RundellSeptember 16, 2015