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New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... successful overseas. A similar program, she said, has been running in the US for 35 years and is invested in by pension funds. The concept of RTOs is not exceptional either, the RTOs in the boost program would function in the same way as research and ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... short-term to deal with the issue of climate change and this needs to change. He argued even those managing assets for pension funds and super funds are measured on a one and three-year basis, measurements that do not really incentivise thinking about ...

State Street hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021
... to provide access to multiple liquidity channels," he said. "With widespread consolidation amongst superannuation/pension funds, together with ongoing changes to asset allocation and manager line ups, State Street is well placed to continue helping funds ...

UK pension funds commit to manager diversity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Some of the UK's biggest pension funds have committed to tackling the lack of diversity in funds management. The Asset Owner Diversity Working Group has launched the Asset Owner Diversity Charter, which aims to "build and investment industry which embodies ...

S&P launches new ESG tilted NZ index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
... For example, there has been increased attention to how responsible default providers for KiwiSaver (New Zealand pension funds) are with their investment portfolios," S&P APAC lead of ESG indices Ryan Christianson said. "Another example is the Ministry ...

Capital Group managing director exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... transfer from Australia to the North American office, where he worked as a consultant in institutional brokerage and pension funds for five-and-a-half years. The relationship with Capital Group continued when Hennessy moved to CIBC World Markets and ...

BNY Mellon acquires Milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
... and the industry innovation we've delivered for asset managers, fund administrators and asset allocators including pension funds, life companies, fiduciaries and multi-asset product providers," Milestone chair Geoff Hodge said. "We have made great progress ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK pension sector is experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last ...

Maine forces pension funds to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
The state of Maine has become the first in the United States to pass legislation forcing its pension fund to divest fossil fuels. Last week, Maine passed bill LD99; an act to require the state to divest itself of assets invested in the fossil fuel industry. ...

GIC to open Sydney office

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... US$550 billion in assets under management, according to Global SWF which tracks 400 sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds.