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IFM wins legalsuper Aus equities mandate

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... members," said legalsuper, chief executive, Andrew Proebstl. Just last week, the California State Teachers' Retirement System ( CalSTRS ) selected IFM to manage an infrastructure mandate of up to $500 million to invest in infrastructure assets. IFM manages ...

IFM wins $500m CalSTRS mandate

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... Australian manager, IFM, to gain exposure to the global infrastructure market. The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has selected Industry Funds Management (IFM) to manage an infrastructure mandate up to $500 million to invest in ...

Australia's retirement system the most sustainable in the world

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2011
Australia has been ranked as having the best prepared retirement savings system followed by Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand and the Netherlands, according to Allianz Global Investors. The Allianz Global Investors Pension Sustainability Index (PSI) measures ...

Funds should target retirement income not returns

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2011
... neglecting the main objective of retirement income. "We've built an accumulation system, we haven't built a retirement system," said Jeremy Cooper, chairman of retirement income at Challenger Ltd. Cooper was speaking this week at the Superannuation and ...

US pension funds issue debt ultimatum

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2011
... immediately on US debt or risk long term damage to the country's retirement savings. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) released a statement including a letter addressed to Obama and the members of congress, signed by 10 pension ...

Annuities help combat longevity risk: Cooper

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2011
... Challenger roadshow this week, Cooper spoke to advisers on how best to manage these dangers and how the whole retirement system is focused on accumulation, with advisers needing to break free of that to consider other risks. "Advisers will have to deal ...

No pension for corrupt Bell staff

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
... investigations into salary corruption among some of the city's top officials. The California Public Employees' Retirement System said it would not pay pensions of a number of City of Bell employees, including those of the Californian city's chief of ...

CalPERS deploys US$500m into ESG, OTPP buys Chunnel link

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
... investment opportunities this week, and in typically unconventional fashion. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has invested $500 million into a new internally managed environmental investment strategy; while Canada's Ontario ...

CalPERS shifts $1bn to GID

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2010
... apartment portfolio to long-term partner GID Investment Advisers LLC (GID). The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) said that it made the decision to advance its real estate restructuring plan through the action to GID, an affiliate ...

Super tax breaks unaffordable: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2010
... targeting the increasing complexity and inequities of the current tax mix, it said. It added, however, "The tax and retirement system is not broken, but it is fragile and needs renovation to address current and future pressures." This agenda should be ...