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VFMC welcomes former Australia Post Super executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
... this week. Martinez joined Australia Post in 2012 as a senior corporate strategy analyst before transitioning to the pension fund in 2014, taking on a senior investment strategist role. She was appointed head of investments at APSS in 2016. VFMC chief ...

Pension fund CIO departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
The chief investment officer at one of the world's largest pension funds has resigned, citing family reasons. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) announced Ted Eliopoulos will leave at the end of the year, with the search ...

Link Group loses $15bn industry fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... to create Link Asset Services (LAS) - which has now been operating for two months - did not include the former's pension fund admin business. It leaves a window for Link to enter the UK pension market.

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Future Super will launch its new investment option later this month, one which targets a 20% allocation to renewable energy and does not invest in fossil fuels. Future Super co-founder Simon Sheikh said Future Super Growth (Renewables Plus) empowers ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Spending by retiree couples falls much faster as retirement progresses than traditionally believed, calling for a change in how retirement products are designed. Research from Milliman shows the median Australian retiree couple's spending at 85 years ...

Pension funds must recognise stewardship licence: WTW

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
There's an investment management view that too little is being spent globally on asset owner stewardship. An expert in the area says the world's largest pension and sovereign wealth funds must see corporate sustainability from the viewpoint that it's ...

US project to end pension politics

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... treasurer - is demanding pension plan managers stop putting politics before prudent investment. The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI) says if a fund manager is investing pension money based on political reasons and not purely on the risk or ...

Water risk infiltrates agriculture portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
Water risk is becoming a threat to Australia's $56 billion agriculture industry, forcing producers to modify practices and compelling investors to find new means to de-risk portfolios. Institutional investors' growing interest in agribusiness is a boon ...

Whitehelm Capital acquires AGL assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Infrastructure manager Whitehelm Capital has acquired a portfolio of regional and compressed natural gas refuelling assets from electricity and gas giant AGL. Whitehelm Capital purchased the assets on behalf of Sustainable Energy Infrastructure, which ...

Norway dominates sovereign wealth funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) remains the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, buoyed by an equities portfolio propelling most of its US$1.06 trillion assets under management. Preqin's latest sovereign wealth fund asset report shows ...