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Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... travel and kick the tyres figuratively and literally...For example Canadian, US [like CalSTRS or CalPERS], Dutch pension funds or GIC [Singapore sovereign wealth fund], if they have commercial real estate or infrastructure portfolio assets or prospects ...

CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Control's list of prohibited companies. "The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), like state pension funds across America, relies on global investments to generate a 7% return that is needed to provide retirement security ...

Canadian pension fund pursues global growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
One of Canada's biggest pension funds is restructuring to better position itself for international opportunities, including in the Asia Pacific region. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) is shifting to an integrated structure for international ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... institutional clients found strong performance in the June quarter but year-to-date returns are still negative at pension funds and the like. Public funds -- which have about 50% in equities -- reported a median return of 11.14% in the three months to ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Four US pension funds have partnered to form the Global Peer Financing Association (GPFA), in a bid to increase and encourage peer-to-peer trading activity in the securities lending and repo markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
Some of the largest pension funds in the US have sent letters to their government urging action on climate change after a proposal sought to limit their ESG investing capabilities. The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), which has ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
The US Department of Labor (DOL) is considering imposing strict rules on how pension funds invest, which could see the scope for ethical and responsible investing limited. The DOL has proposed an amendment to the Employee Retirement Income Security ...

Sovereign investors keen on gold, infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... medium-sized sovereign funds may find it hard to source the right investments if they are new to the asset class, as many pension funds look towards infrastructure projects (particularly electricity generation and transmission) that meet ESG objectives ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... will be dotted with more "mega" funds, which KPMG believes will be large enough to be compared with significant pension funds around the globe. KPMG's report also pointed out the next couple of years would see the birth of a new retail wealth environment ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
A survey of 110 pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies worldwide has revealed the new priority position ESG is taking in asset allocation. The survey was produced by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable ...