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Atlas Arteria stonewalls IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... and one where returns that are generated can help boost the retirement savings of millions of superannuation and pension fund members, such as nurses, teachers, construction workers and hospitality staff." Atlas Arteria's share price jumped 15.96% following ...

IFM Investors becomes majority shareholder in Atlas Arteria

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... and one where returns that are generated can help boost the retirement savings of millions of superannuation and pension fund members, such as nurses, teachers, construction workers and hospitality staff." IFM GIF is yet to make a takeover bid for Atlas ...

TCorp appoints head of investment stewardship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
A former Mercer executive will lead TCorp's investment stewardship efforts, bringing close to 20 years' experience in ESG to the team. TCorp has appointed Alexis Cheang as head of investment stewardship, reporting directly to chief investment officer ...

Fossil fuel divestment bill passes California Senate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
The California Senate passed a bill overnight prohibiting the United States' two largest public pension funds from investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies and require them to divest any existing holdings by 2030. The California ...

Allianz subsidiary, former portfolio managers charged over massive fraud

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
Allianz Global Investors and three of its former portfolio managers have been charged by the US regulator over a multi-billion-dollar securities fraud sold to pension funds that went on for more than four years. The Securities and Exchange Commission ...

Pension fund sues Elon Musk, Twitter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
A Florida pension fund is suing Twitter and Elon Musk over the latter's planned takeover of the social media platform. The Orlando Police Pension Fund filed a class action in the Delaware chancery court on Friday, alleging that Delaware law forbade ...

Pension fund pushes for independent chair at Berkshire Hathaway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
One of the world's largest pension funds has indicated it will vote Warren Buffett out as chair of Berkshire Hathaway at the company's annual general meeting later this month. Despite his notoriety as the world's best investor, the California ...

Geopolitics to change ESG approach: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
A new survey from bfinance has found 39% of investors predict re-evaluation of ESG approach due to recent geopolitical developments. This is according to a snap poll from bfinance of 418 institutional investors from 39 different countries. The results ...

Charter Hall, pension fund buy out Irongate

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
Charter Hall and Dutch pension fund PGGM have entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement (SIA) to acquire Irongate Group (IAP). Under the transaction, Charter Hall will own a 12% stake in the partnership, with PGGM owning the remaining 88% interest. ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
AustralianSuper and IFM Investors are among several local institutions that will splash their cash on clean energy, technology, and infrastructure projects in the UK in the coming years. Overnight the UK government announced major investments from AustralianSuper ...