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California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... move is significant for global asset owners. Other investors may follow the lead of Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) and CalPERS that have taken the lead in the area of gender board diversity, she said. As of 27 November 2018, about ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... has appointed Fidelity's asset management arm to manage passive domestic equities. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) appointed FIL Investments Japan and Resona Bank on December 26. Both will manage passive strategies to invest in Japanese ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... afford to give away returns to fees or bid-ask spreads in what is already a pretty low-return environment," he says. Government bonds are a good example of duration, while short-dated corporate bonds have credit exposure. Due to budget deficits in recent ...

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... will benchmark its ESG investment strategy against two newly launched indices. The Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) is using two of S&P's new carbon efficient indices. Launched overnight, S&P Global Carbon Efficient Indices include ...

Active shortfalls see pension fund fee restructure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
Inadequate returns by active managers will see Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) revise its fee structure to prioritise performance. Under the new structure, GPIF-contracted managers will have their base fee rate lowered to that ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... 2018 Willis Towers Watson Ideas Exchange in Melbourne this morning, Urwin said the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) was a leader in asset owner stewardship. "GPIF has made such a difference to the Japanese corporate scene by using its ...

Australia's super assets fastest growing: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... Towers Watson study shows. Australia's superannuation assets grew 12.1% over the last 20 years thanks to the success of government-mandated pension contributions, a competitive institutional model and the dominance of defined contribution (DC) schemes ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... greater governance among investors is growing. In particular, Japanese institutional investors are moving away from government bonds into areas such as foreign markets and alternative investment funds. "This acquisition will enhance the Mercer delegated ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... increase of 2.9% for hybrid funds. Top 10 pension funds (US$ millions) Rank Fund Market Total Assets 1 Government Pension Investment Japan $1,237,636 2 Government Pension Fund Norway $893,088 3 Federal Retirement Thrift U.S. $485,575 4 National Pension ...

Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
The Federal Government is seeking public consultation on the long-awaited legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime. The exposure draft legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport explains ...