Report
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April, 2019
Unison and ShareAction call for action on ESG disclosures from the LGPS
Responsible investment charity ShareAction and trade union Unison have produced a report looking at the investment strategy statements of the 88 funds in the LGPS. The report, Responsible Investment in the LGPS, published in April 2019, found that many funds have either not produced policy on environmental, social and governance (ESG) policies, or were ...
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April, 2019
London ranks second in global city index despite Brexit
London has been ranked second in the Schroders Global Cities 30 index, despite the political and economic uncertainty created by Britain’s prolonged Brexit crisis. Los Angeles retains the top spot in the index, which takes into account factors such as projected economic growth, disposable incomes in the next decade and population size. Hong Kong, New ...
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April, 2019
Emerging market outperformance to widen
Emerging market growth in set to grow in relation to developed markets, as growth in the USA and Europe slows down, while China and other emerging markets recover. NN Investment Partners said that the difference in annual GDP growth between emerging and developed markets rose from 2.3% in 2015 to 2.9% in 2018. It said that China’s domestic demand should ...
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April, 2019
PiP acquires onshore wind farm assets
The Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PiP), developed by UK pension funds to boost their access to infrastructure assets, has bought a portfolio of onshore wind farms from Scottish Enterprise Partners (SEP) for £50 million. The portfolio of wind farms consists of 64 turbines located across the UK and Ireland, including five wind farm investments made by ...
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April, 2019
PLSA set out its priorities for the next four years
The Policy Board of the UK trade body for pension funds, the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA), has agreed on a four-year plan to help everyone achieve better retirement incomes. The PLSA has identified four key themes for 2019 to 2022; achieving well-run pension funds, encouraging effective engagement, supporting adequate contributions and ...
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April, 2019
Timing momentum with Automated Intelligence pays off
A fund manager has claimed that the momentum factor behind share price movements can be enhanced by the use of systematic timing. Fund manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP) said it has found a strong momentum factor in market returns across a range of asset classes, including equities, currency and commodities, but with occasional crashes and bouts of ...
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April, 2019
Investors moved 20% of assets out of UK since Brexit vote, report claims
Over a fifth of the expatriate and international investors served by a global financial advice firm have asked for advice on moving UK assets out of Britain since the referendum on EU membership in 2016. The claim comes from the deVere Group, which has over 80,000 clients across 100 countries. Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, said: “More ...
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February, 2019
New partnership to study impact of ESG factors on portfolios
Fund manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP) and the Yale Initiative on Sustainable Finance (YISF) have formed a partnership to study how the integration of ESG factors in the investment process may improve the risk-return profile of a portfolio. The results of the research are expected to support NN IP and others in the investment community to develop ...
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February, 2019
Bond market now expects to see the Fed cut rates
The bond market now believes that the US Federal Reserve has stopped raising fixed income rates and will cut rates next, according to AXA Investment Managers’ CIO fixed income, Chris Iggo. Looking at recent statements from the Fed, Iggo said that its latest statements have confirmed that the chances of interest rates going up again in the United States ...
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February, 2019
New thematic investment firm offers focus on ESG
One of the world’s largest fund managers, Natixis Investment Managers, has created a new boutique manager for thematic investing, based on high conviction and active management of global equities. The new firm, Thematics Asset Management, will offer global thematic strategies such as safety, water, artificial intelligence and robotics, from the second ...
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