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HESTA joins ESG social media fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... the livestreaming of the attacks on mosques in Christchurch, NZ Super joined with other New Zealand investors and pension funds to call for action. The group of investors are calling for Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet (the company that owns Google and ...

Aussie instos among most responsible investors

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
... America's Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative (RAAI) analysed and rated around 200 sovereign wealth funds and public pension funds against 10 core principles and 20 criteria for responsible investing practices, including disclosure practices and the ...

IFM Investors to open new Europe office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... $120 billion in funds under management and has a base of 350 institutional investors from 17 countries, including pension funds, mutual insurers, charities and endowments and a small amount of sovereign wealth funds.

UK pension funds to be hit hard over negligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2019
The UK Government wants to up the ante on pension fund bosses who endanger worker's retirement savings. Under a new proposal from the UK Government, bosses would face up to seven years in jail for endangering the retirement savings of their workers ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... the mandate's amount. The GPIF has held the top rank Willis Tower Watson's list of the world's largest pension funds since 2002. It had US$1.4 trillion in 2017, making it 36% larger than the second fund in the rankings, the Norwegian government's ...

Putting a price tag on clean investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Pension funds and asset managers are among those who could create $20 trillion in new wealth if the world economy transitions to zero carbon and zero waste policies, according to new research. Professor Martina Linnenluecke, who leads Macquarie University's ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... more important in the investment landscape. A growing trend London-based Lawlor said he is seeing among European pension funds is the construction of sophisticated indices. Many large pension funds are significantly capturing classic factors such as ...

Superannuation funds ramp up co-investment opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... retirement villages. About 60% of Australian super funds are involved in joint ventures compared to 26% of global pension funds. Meanwhile, 47% of Australian super funds are involved in co-investment arrangements compared to 26% of global counterparts. ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... reduced cash drag in portfolios." As time went on, Stack says fixed income AUM grew and different investors such as pension funds and insurance companies gravitated toward ETFs to help manage capital falls and liquidity needs. Putnins says investors ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... Zurich that invests exclusively in renewable energy infrastructure, investing for the European Investment Bank and pension funds. It has just closed a deal to acquire and finance the construction of a solar plant in Queensland's Middlemount that ...