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October, 2019
Hymans says pensions values expected to rise post Brexit
Economic uncertainty around Brexit is likely to lead to pensions values rising to a higher level than property assets in the UK, according to analysis by pensions consultancy Hymans Robertson. Ross Fleming, co-head of defined benefit (DB) investments at Hymans, said: “Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that UK property prices are on the ...
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October, 2019
Somerset launches EM fund
Somerset Capital Management, a specialist global emerging markets investment firm, has established the MI Somerset Emerging Markets Discovery Fund. It will target small and mid-cap companies that operate in emerging markets, officially launching 30th October 2019. Domiciled in the UK, the new UCITS fund will give investors exposure to the team behind the ...
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October, 2019
Private credit in the US – where are the best opportunities?
Nitish Sharma, Head of UK Institutional Client Group, AllianceBernstein. Performance across the private credit sector has shown strong yield relative to public market equivalents. Nitish Sharma of AllianceBernstein analyses where illiquidity premiums persist and key considerations to mitigate risk Private credit has grown from being a relatively niche ...
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October, 2019
Border to Coast picks external managers for credit
Border to Coast Pensions Partnership, one of the largest UK public sector pension pools in the UK with assets totalling £46 billion, has selected Royal London Asset Management, M&G Investment Management and Insight Investment as its external asset managers for a Sterling Investment Grade Credit Fund, which is expected to reach £2 billion at launch. ...
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October, 2019
LGPS Central selects partner for cost transparency
LGPS Central has partnered with KAS Bank (now CACEIS), the specialist provider of securities services to UK institutional pension schemes, for cost transparency collection and reporting. The pooled fund will be leveraging KAS Bank’s cost transparency solution and data analytical expertise to assist with collecting cost information across the range of ...
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October, 2019
Sustainable infrastructure: why it’s not just about clean energy
Ingrid Edmund, Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Investments, Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Ben Kelly, Senior Thematic Analyst & Behavioural Economist, Responsible Investment, Columbia Threadneedle Investments. Ingrid Edmund and Ben Kelly of Columbia Threadneedle Investments discuss the idea that decarbonising existing infrastructure is an ...
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October, 2019
LPP sees in-house global equity portfolio outperform
Local Pensions Partnership’s internally managed global equity portfolio has outperformed its benchmark, by delivering a 136% cumulative total return, versus the MSCI World Index performance of 83.4%, on a five-year track record. The portfolio’s performance has outperformed its target performance benchmark by an annualised 5.8%. This places the LPP ...
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October, 2019
Multi-asset: an asset class reinvents itself
Christian Lehr, Senior Product Manager of Multi Assets, Nordea Asset Management. Christian Lehr of Nordea Asset Management surveys current trends in multi-asset funds, where traditional approaches are giving way to a focus on risk management Multi-asset funds have been a proven all-purpose strategy for years. In order to live up to this reputation in ...
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October, 2019
LPP launches real estate fund
Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI), the asset management arm for the pooled entity Local Pensions Partnership (LPP), has set up the LPPI Real Estate Fund to pool the property assets of three public sector pension funds that it manages. The vehicle has launched with more than £800 million of direct UK property investment assets and a further ...
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October, 2019
Mirabaud introduces EM fixed income fund
Mirabaud Asset Management has launched a fixed maturity emerging markets debt fund. The Emerging Market 2024 Fixed Maturity strategy has been launched with $90 million of assets under management. It aims to capture the attractive yields currently offered by EM issuers with a profile close to a single bond and the diversification offered by a portfolio of ...
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