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UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... percentage of their assets in fossil fuels are Teesside, Dyfed and Dorset, all of which invest about 5% of their total pension fund. About 72% of the investment is indirect, done so by external investment managers. Coal accounts for about 34% of fossil ...

Pension fund members incur post-Brexit fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is investigating why some European banks are now imposing fees on benefit payments in what looks like an unforeseen consequence of Brexit. Some beneficiaries have seen fees of up to €25 charged on their ...

IFM to acquire energy company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
IFM Investors, together with a global pension fund, are set to acquire a clean, low-carbon energy company Enwave. QIC has also bought into the same company in a separate transaction. IFM and the $210 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board ...

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The move towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations dominated MSCI's Investment Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds ...

HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The $56 billion industry fund has appointed a cloud investment platform to support its in-house portfolio management. The super fund selected SimCorp's Dimension as a Service to consolidate its investment data into one central location including ...

Milliman practice lead resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
The long-serving practice lead for Milliman has left after more than 16 years with the firm. Wade Matterson's tenure at the consultancy firm ended in December 2020, which for the most part was spent as practice leader. He joined Milliman in November ...

Super funds boost stake in US toll roads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper and UniSuper have bolstered their investments in a major road development based on the east coast of the US. Together with the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments), the superannuation funds will acquire a 50% stake ...

Longstanding CDPQ executive resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... assets and private equity and the lead of its infrastructure business. Tall has resigned from all his positions at the pension fund, having been named the new co-chair of The Carlyle Group's infrastructure group, commencing early next year. He will remain ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainability and the mainstream nature of ESG considerations, investors are still struggling to find adequate data to inform their decisions. This is according to BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... performance more than any other fund in the 12 months to 30 June 2020. In the pension sector, Cbus was named best pension fund for the second year running. It also took out best growth pension product and best moderate pension product. "It has been one ...