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US regulation drives insurance money towards credit ETFs
5 years ago
Institutional investors are increasingly allocating to credit exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but their motivations are changing. These vehicles are famed for their liquidity, but several investors are said to be pouring money into them for the long term amid regulatory changes which have made ETF investments more favourable -
Lothian pension fund appoints CEO
5 years ago
Lothian Pension Fund has appointed a new chief executive officer, effective from February 2019, to replace Clare Scott, who is leaving at the end of 2018 -
Railpen hires former Amundi Pioneer credit head from Tesco pension scheme
5 years ago
RPMI Railpen (Railpen) has appointed an investment director within the private markets team, effective from 26 November -
Danish pension fund's CEO steps down
5 years ago
Christian Hyldahl, the CEO of Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP), has given his resignation to the pension fund’s chairman of the board Torben Andersen. -
California pension fund seeks opportunistic credit manager
5 years ago
Merced County Employees’ Retirement Association is on the search for an opportunistic credit manager, according to board minutes seen by Creditflux -
Los Angeles pension fund plans $3.7 billion allocation to credit
5 years ago
Los Angeles City Employees' Retirement System, the $17 billion pension fund, is allocating to credit in 2019 - it's looking to put $2.44 billion to work in core-fixed income, $800 million into emerging markets debt, $235 million into high yield and a similar amount into a bond/loan hybrid fund -
Danish penion fund's credit portfolio returns to growth
5 years ago
ATP, the Danish pension fund, has generated a return of DKK 799m from its credit portfolio for the first three quarters of 2018, marking a recovery compared to the H1 negative return of DKK200m. -
UK pension fund adds portfolio manager for alternative credit
5 years ago
Pension Protection Fund, the south-London based pension fund, has appointed a portfolio manager to its credit team. He joins from consultancy firm Mercer -
Finnish pension fund seeks portfolio administrator for illiquid investments
5 years ago
Finland's state pension fund is searching for a portfolio administrator to oversee its illiquid investments, which include private credit -
Alaska fund appoints CIO
5 years ago
Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APFC), the $65 billion sovereign wealth fund, has promoted an official to chief investment officer. -
Calpers appoints CIO
5 years ago
California Public Employees Retirement System (Calpers), the $360 billion pension fund, has appointed Yu Ben Meng as chief investment officer. -
Texas pension awards $175 million to distressed debt and strategic credit
5 years ago
The $30.1 billion Texas pension fund has mandated $175 million to Arbour Lane and Marblegate -
Danish pension fund's bond and loan performances diverge
5 years ago
ATP, the Danish public pension fund, has made negative returns on its credit portfolio with its bond portfolio suffering -
Swedish pension fund's credit portfolio recovers with strong 2018 results
5 years ago
Andra AP-Fonden (AP2), the SEK 352.4 billion ($38.7 billion) state-owned pension fund, generated 5.6% absolute returns from non-domestic credit investments for the first half of 2018 -
Consultant calls on investors to quiz managers over ESG processes
5 years ago
The lack of consistent and reliable data seems to be a major challenge when embracing environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria across private equity, infrastructure and credit. -
Private debt tops the tables for Industriens Pensionsforsikring
5 years ago
Industriens Pensionsforsikring, the DKK164.5 billion ($25.7 billion) pension scheme, generated a 1.6% return from its private debt portfolio, according to its mid-year 2018 results -
Texas pension fund puts $150 million into credit
5 years ago
A $29.7 billion pension fund has approved commitments to two credit fund managers -
Californian pension fund looks to increase exposure to opportunistic credit
5 years ago
Merced Country Employees Retirement Association (MCERA) may increase its exposure to opportunistic credit, according to documents seen by Creditflux -
Michigan pension fund looks to commit $80 million to debt funds
5 years ago
The $114 billion Michigan pension fund is looking to commit to two private debt funds managed by London-based Kreos Capital and New-York headquartered MidOcean Credit Partners -
New regulations set to spur Swedish state pensions' investment in illiquid credit
5 years ago
A new proposal on investment guidelines giving four of Sweden’s state pension plans greater freedom to invest in private markets, including illiquid credit, is progressing through the Swedish parliament -
London pension funds pick CQS as first manager for new credit fund of fund
5 years ago
London Collective Investment Vehicle (London CIV), a fund for London pension funds, has announced the launch of its first fixed income offering – LCIV MAC fund -
Calpers executive set to leave the pension fund to rejoin Franklin Templeton
6 years ago
Wylie Tollette is leaving his role at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (Calpers) to return to Franklin Templeton Investments, with his last day at the pension fund set for 5 January -
Institutional investors - does Europe still provide the best opportunities in credit?
6 years ago
Cash or synthetics, CLOs versus CMBS, senior or junior debt? Institutional investors have a variety of ways to approach credit investing and Creditflux's biannual survey of credit allocators aims to determine which market they view as offering compelling returns -
Credit manager wins $200 million mandate from Texas pension fund
6 years ago
A west coast asset manager will be responsible for a separate account which will invest opportunistically across the credit market
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