All Covid-19 articles – Page 9
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: COVID-19 and fund secondaries – how should pension schemes position themselves?
How should pension schemes best position themselves to take advantage of portfolio secondary sales opportunities? Are there lessons to be learnt from the GFC for pension schemes selling portfolio positions during COVID-19?
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Risk that large DB employer insolvencies could ‘seriously strain’ PPF
LCP sees PPF well-placed to withstand deep COVID-19-related downturn, but fate of firms with large DB deficits key
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NewsGerman Spezialfonds see €3.9bn inflows for partial Q2 recovery
Insurers and pension schemes continue to be the main inflow contributors
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PGGM ups stake in joint venture with construction company BAM
Discussions initiated about increasing joint investments in infrastructure
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NewsSurvey: FTSE 350 discount rates narrow
‘Market volatility in the first half of 2020 led to falls in discount rates’
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Veritas fears virus second wave worse for businesses; calls for testing
Smallest Finnish pension insurer reports 4.2% investment loss for H1 2020
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NewsSwiss pension funds’ perseverance pays off in pandemic-stricken H1
Funding ratios rose to 110% at the end of H1
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APG doubles investment in European outlet centres
Via Outlets’ valuation has dropped by 4.2% since the start of the year to €1.55bn
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NewsSiemens Benefits Scheme signs £530m buy-in
The pension fund chose an umbrella contract to allow for potential future transactions to be completed quickly and easily
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WTW Pensionsfonds pursues expansion with further takeovers
Total assets ballooned to €4.4bn in the 2019 fiscal year, a steep shot up from €1.1bn in 2018
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Post-COVID-19 predictions
Left and right, predictions on the post COVID-19 era are shooting by
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Littlewoods scheme completes de-risking with £930m buy-in
Rothesay Life deal covers liabilities of retail scheme’s remaining 6,454 uninsured members
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NewsAP4, AP1 say time limits on COVID-linked ownership draft too tight
Proposals to let Swedish buffer funds hold more voting capital than usual should last longer, says AP4
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NewsUK roundup: COVID-19 pushes back FTSE350 DB endgames
Plus: Exeter Uni in Mercer-Aon switch for investment advice
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Virus harms Dutch schemes’ private equity, infra investments
In the first half of 2020, ABP lost 8.1% on private equity, while its infrastructure portfolio returned -5%
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NewsGerman Pensionskassen show resilience with tough measures
Pensionskassen are forced to opt for either reducing benefits or adjusting the interest rate for new contributions
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COVID-19 mortality impact negligible for Dutch funding ratios
9.1% more deaths were recorded in the first six months of the year than could be expected based on the historical average
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TPR: Difficult COVID-19 decisions may call for ‘conflict management advice’
CEO of UK pensions regulator sets out how DB trustees can hold ‘first line of defence’ for members
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NewsSwiss schemes pushed to adopt riskier strategies amid crisis uncertainty
Swiss pension funds will need to pursue riskier investment strategies in a hunt for higher returns in a prolonged period of low interest rates and amid the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Hunting for yield is costlier and harder to do for pension funds, as for other investors,” Jackie ...
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NewsAon: FTSE 350 DB scheme funding gap widens
The top 10% of DB schemes were funded to at least 115% last year, while the bottom 10% were less than 80% funded
