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Carbon Trading Strategies: Sector in Brief
This report provides a concise introduction to the investment characteristics of carbon compliance credits and the growing use of this emerging asset class by hedge funds, traditional asset
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Investment Grade Corporate Bonds: Understanding Manager Performance
Investor appetite for investment grade fixed income grew significantly last year but active managers are coming under scrutiny. This report examines corporate bond manager performance and
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As Operational Risks Evolve, Investors Must Scrutinise Service Providers
Pension regulators around the globe are sending clear messages that investors must strengthen their operational frameworks and that trustees can be held accountable if they do not.
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Climate and Biodiversity in Equity Investing
The climate imperative is driving new practices across all asset classes. Equity portfolios are typically on the strategic front line, thanks in large part to the availability of data that can
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Investor Spotlight: Blue Sky Pioneers Integrated Portfolio Management
The Dutch pension industry is undergoing seismic shifts. Long-anticipated reforms enacted in July 2023 ushered in a Defined Contribution system that is set to be unique among global counterparts.
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Natural Capital Investing
Strong market fundamentals and climate impact potential have driven a surge in institutional investor demand for ‘natural capital’ such as timberland, agriculture and ‘nature-based solutions.’
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Investor Spotlight: The Evolution of Italy’s Pension Landscape
More than two decades have passed since the arrival of complementary pension provision in Italy, which brought with it a massive regulatory overhaul. bfinance spoke with Salvatore Casabona to
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What Is Sustainable Infrastructure Investing Now?
What does sustainable investing look like now in infrastructure? What are the major strategy/fund types available currently to investors in this sector? And to what extent do these strategies
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Searching for GEMs in ‘All Country’ Global Equity Strategies
In the landscape of ‘global’ active equity strategies, the pendulum has—slowly but surely—swung toward strategies that span both developed and emerging markets. Yet how credible are these broader
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Time for Charities to Upgrade Investment Approach, Clarify ESG
Thanks to recent guidance from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, UK charities became the latest cohort of institutional investors to receive official endorsement for considering ESG
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‘Ex-China’ Emerging Markets: A New Great Wall in Equities?
New manager research from bfinance reveals the proliferation of ‘Emerging Markets ex-China’ equity strategies. This is now becoming recognised as a distinct segment within the equity management
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Investor Spotlight: Social Impact in Focus for Italian Bank Foundations
Italy's ecosystem of banking-originated Foundations is unique in the financial world. Created as part of a major banking system reform in 1990, these entities—which became the shareholders of
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Outsourced CIO (OCIO) - Sector in Brief
The ‘Outsourced Chief Investment Officer’ (or ‘OCIO’) investment model is on the rise. Market volatility, increased portfolio complexity and growing regulatory burdens are encouraging the trend
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Private Equity Secondaries - Sector in Brief
Secondaries are under the spotlight due to a combination of surging fundraising activity, low pricing and investors’ current portfolio pressures. This concise ‘sector in brief’ reviews the latest
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Iceland’s SL Pension Pursues Internationalisation and Illiquidity
Less than a decade after the removal of capital controls that banned pension funds from investing assets overseas, Iceland is now achieving international recognition for the strength and health
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How Do “Liquid” Private Market Strategies Square the Circle? Part 1: Private Credit
The past two years have seen huge growth in the availability of private market strategies that offer some degree of in-built liquidity, such as open-ended funds and diversified multi-manager
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Rise of the Allocators: Multi-manager Strategies for Alternative Investing
Powerful forces have supported the growth and evolution of multi-manager models for ‘alternative’ investing over the past fifteen years.
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How Alternative Investing is Evolving at Denmark's Velliv
Next month will mark five years since Velliv (formerly Nordea Liv and Pension, Denmark) left its parent company—the banking group Nordea—to forge a new identity as a member-owned pension
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'Impact' in Private Equity: What Is Best Practice?
The ‘impact’ private equity sector is rapidly growing and maturing. Yet it is far from straightforward to assess the credibility of these strategies. This report showcases the current fund
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Are Equity Long/Short Managers Meeting Investors’ ESG and Climate Needs?
Equity long/short strategies are ahead of the curve on ESG and carbon emissions versus their hedge fund counterparts in other strategies–thanks largely to the groundwork laid by the long-only
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