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April, 2019
Fund for private equity secondaries raises £283 million
BEX Capital, a new investment firm focusing on fund-of-fund (FoF) secondaries has announced the close of the BEX Fund III, having raised $365 million (£283 million) in four months. The fund will take positions in private equity FoFs, secondary funds and co-investment funds, with a bias towards mature markets and assets. BEX Capital said the fund was ...
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April, 2019
MSCI launches new analytics platform
Data and analysis provider MSCI has launched a new open analytics platform, MSCI Beon, for the investment industry. MSCI said that using different data on different systems can reduce the value for data for decision-making, risk management and operational uses. To overcome this challenge, it has created MSCI Beon as an open platform that can use different ...
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April, 2019
South Yorkshire puts £80 million in local property investments
The South Yorkshire Pensions Authority has allocated £80 million for regional investment in its own South Yorkshire region. The location will be managed by part of CBRE Capital Advisors and it will operate in parallel with the Sheffield City Region JESSICA Fund, which will bring total regional development funding available to over £120 million. The ...
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April, 2019
NN IP brings out short duration green bond fund
NN Investment Partners (NN IP) has developed a green bond fund with a shorter duration of around two years, which it said contrasts with interest rate sensitivity of at least five years for other green bond funds. With a shorter duration, NN IP said the fund would be suited to investors looking for protection against rising interest rates while seeking to ...
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April, 2019
Environmental, social, governance (ESG) and the spectrum of capital
Karen Shackleton, Senior Adviser, MJ Hudson Allenbridge. Karen Shackleton, Senior Adviser at MJ Hudson Allenbridge, considers the different investment approaches that are open to pension fund managers when considering their commitments to ESG investment With ESG becoming increasingly mainstream, pension fund investors are being bombarded with a ...
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April, 2019
Investor confidence sees slight rise in April
Investor confidence rose slightly in April 2019, accord to the State Street Investor Confidence Index, which rose from 71.2% to 72.9%. But it found that institutional investors are still cautious about increasing allocations to risky assets, despite good performance in the first quarter of 2019. The increase was based on greater confidence among North ...
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April, 2019
Schroders warning over Brexit uncertainty
Fund manager Schroders has sounded a warning over the apparent health of the UK economy, saying Brexit stockpiling could be boosting growth temporarily. Schroders senior European economist and strategist, Azad Zangana, said that the medium to long-term economic outlook for the UK will be heavily influenced by Brexit. While the Bank of England has ...
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April, 2019
Five key responsible investment themes for 2019
Paul Myles, Director, Sales and Relationship Management, UK Institutional, BMO Global Asset Management. Paul Myles of BMO Global Asset Management explores the various ways asset managers can actively embrace ESG issues, and identifies five of the most important Interest in (and acknowledgement of) the importance of Environmental, Social and Governance ...
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April, 2019
Structural future-proofing: easy wins for the long term?
John Roe, Head of Multi-Asset Funds, Asset Allocation, Legal & General. John Roe from Legal & General suggests a number of modest changes to asset allocation which can help to build more resilient portfolios As asset allocation is the main driver of outcomes for LGPS funds’ allocations, modest allocation changes potentially offer easy long-term wins ...
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April, 2019
Volatility targeting in DGFs – can it work?
Tristan Hanson, Fund Manager, M&G Global Target Return Fund, M&G Investments. Tristan Hanson from M&G Investments discusses the pros and cons of diversification and considers a flexible, multi-asset approach to protecting capital without compromising returns Pension schemes have used diversified growth funds (DGFs) for years for the dual objectives of ...
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