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Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... they find it harder to pass such expenses on to clients. About 200 global asset owners canvassed, which include pension funds, insurers, and endowments, reveal that they find it hard to implement material increases in flat fees for institutional clients ...

More pension funds, insurers impacted by MOVEit mass-hack

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
Among other companies to confirm their involvement, a second US pension fund has notified members their personal information was stolen in the same breach impacting members of CalPERS. The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) told members ...

Cyber breach claims CalPERS member data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
More than 750,000 retired members of one of the world's largest pension funds have had their personal information accessed in a cybersecurity breach. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is alerting its retired members and their ...

Bank of England launches first system- wide stress test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2023
... prompted the instability. The BoE said large banks, insurers, central counterparties, and a variety of funds including pension funds, hedge funds, and funds managed by asset managers, will be included in the review. "This reflects the wide range of institutions ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... deputy chair and the chair during this time," Combet said. "IFM invests on behalf of industry super funds and global pension funds to benefit their members. This purpose makes IFM a distinct funds management business, one that aligns with my own values ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... economy overall." However, there are now more than 20 US states, led by Texas and Florida, which actively prohibit pension funds in their jurisdictions from following ESG principles. In July 2022, The Economist released an article arguing that ESG is ...

AustralianSuper hires investment lead in Europe

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
... private markets. Astorri sits on the board of ISPT, the $20 billion property fund set up by Australia's largest pension funds. He began his career in the Bank of England, first in the wholesale markets supervision division (covering the gilts market) ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... expects this growth trend to continue for reasons such as the resilience of infrastructure to macro swings, and pension funds and other institutional investors, in aggregate, remaining underweight the infrastructure asset class relative to their long-term ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... The research collated in April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 billion assets under management across pension funds, private equity and venture capital firms, family offices and sovereign wealth funds. It found 93% of investors expect direct ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... be on track for a down year, S&P Global said. The trend however is not exclusive to the region, across the globe pension funds ended the first quarter slightly under-allocated to private equity compared to their targets. An indicator of the challenging ...