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October, 2020
LPP commits £150 million to private rented housing
Local Pensions Partnership has committed £150 million into the private rented housing sector alongside institutional investors including Allianz. The pension pool made the allocation to residential investment vehicle DOOR, which is co-sponsored by Oxford Properties and DV4, which alongside APG Asset Management and Qatari Diar as separate shareholders, ...
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October, 2020
A focus on affordable housing
Paul Myles, Director, UK Institutional Business, BMO Global Asset Management. Paul Myles of BMO Global Asset Management describes exactly what is implied by affordable housing and outlines the benefits that investment in it can bring to investors and to society as a whole Housing is a basic human need, and the provision of housing as a social mission ...
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October, 2020
Axa IM debuts multi-asset impact fund
Axa Investment Managers has launched its first multi-asset impact fund, aimed at investing in securities that demonstrate a positive social and environmental impact. The AXA WF Multi Asset Optimal Impact Fund aims to positively contribute to a large spectrum of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to build a more sustainable future, with a focus on ...
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October, 2020
LGIM unveils secure income fund
Legal and General Investment Management has launched a range of secure income asset solutions aimed at UK defined benefit pension schemes looking for stable, long-term cashflows. The Legal & General Secure Income Assets Fund has an open-ended pooled structure subject to a lock-in period and targets return of Gilts +2.5% per year over a rolling three-year ...
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October, 2020
Building back better: stimulating the UK economy post-Covid
Gregg McClymont, Executive Director, IFM Investors. Gregg McClymont of IFM Investors looks at how pension fund capital can assist the UK government’s infrastructure spending initiatives Just before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the UK in March, the new government delivered a statement of intent on infrastructure, pledging public capital expenditure of ...
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October, 2020
Infrastructure: a stable portfolio building block, or a “real asset”?
Stephen Hearle, Co-Head of Institutional, & Wholesale Distribution, Nordea Asset Management UK. Stephen Hearle of Nordea Asset Management UK looks at the stability and potential returns offered by listed infrastructure – society’s essential systems, assets and facilities When governments first began widespread privatisation of previously ...
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October, 2020
Woodford fund makes third capital return
Investors in the former Woodford Equity Income Fund have received the third capital distribution, which will take the total amount returned to £2.45 billion. Link Fund Solutions informed investors that they would receive £183 million, after the fund made available capital via the sale of a portfolio of assets to Acacia Research. Investors were also ...
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October, 2020
DB schemes should guard against post-pandemic inertia
Three-quarters of defined benefit schemes said that they have taken no material action to change their investment strategy or journey plans in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research by LCP. While for some, this may be reflective of their robust planning, inertia may be damaging for others, the consultancy said. While around 40% of those ...
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October, 2020
“Net zero” investment blueprint launched
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has launched a consultation on a blueprint to enable asset owners and managers to work towards becoming “net zero” investors in line with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. The framework was developed with over 70 global investors, representing more than $16 trillion in assets, ...
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October, 2020
Brunel searches for corporate bond managers
Brunel Pension Partnership has launched a search for managers for its £1.2 billion Sterling Corporate Bond sub-fund, which is due to launch during the first quarter of next year. The portfolio will invest primarily in sterling-denominated bonds, as defined by inclusion in the benchmark, the iBoxx Sterling Non-Gilt All-Maturities Bond index. The fund is ...
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