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Climate change worse than pandemic: UK regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The chief executive of the UK's Pensions Regulator believes climate change will be more catastrophic to populations' way of life than the COVID-19 pandemic if no action is taken. The comments came as The Pensions Regulator chief executive Charles ...

Pensions for Purpose eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
The ESG-focused think tank has appointed an Australian distributor. It is looking to expand into Australia via a partnership with Melbourne third-party distributor AFM Investment Partners. AFM's founder and managing director John Donovan will join Pensions ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... costs: investments, administration and member services. This is much higher than average fees charged by international pension fund counterparts. New Zealand's KiwiSaver averaged 0.90% for the same period, US Public Sector retirement funds charged ...

Zero rates causing risky business: Pengana

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
Speaking at the Sydney leg of Financial Standard's Adviser Big Day Out tour, Pengana Capital equity analyst Ryan Fisher said near zero-interest rates is perpetuating the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. "The zero-interest rate policy ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... differently to your male colleagues? A: In my early twenties, I was presenting actuarial results to the trustee board of a pension fund and every member of the board was male and at least twice my age. The chair was very dismissive of my report. Q: What ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... February 25 that Machin travelled to the UAE for the jab; he resigned one day later following a discussion with the pension fund's board. The board said it accepted his resignation and announced the appointment of head of credit investments John Graham ...

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 ...