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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 ...

CFSGAM prepares IPO, names board candidates

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
Colonial First State Global Asset Management will work towards an initial public offering and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange following a strategic review from its parent bank. Commonwealth Bank announced this afternoon it had completed ...

Global pension fund appoints APAC lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
A $194 billion pension fund with increasing investment in Asia Pacific appointed a managing director for the region. The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan will welcome Datuk Ben Chan as regional managing director, Asia Pacific in June. Chan joins from ...

Increasing SG is not the answer: O'Dwyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Federal Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer has rebuffed the Labor Party's push to raise the superannuation guarantee (SG), pointing out several reasons why this is not the only answer to help boost retirement savings. O'Dwyer told ...

Instos lap up unlisted infrastructure: Preqin

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
Institutional investors have amped up their appetite for unlisted infrastructure, driving up valuations and increasing competition for deals in the asset class, says Preqin. Preqin surveyed 65 infrastructure managers in November, 2017, with the aim ...

Aussie asset manager dives into Spanish water market

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 MAR 2018
... pension funds that sought to create an investor-owned fund manager. IFM Investors now represents more than 15 million pension fund members globally. It manages US$39 billion globally in infrastructure equity and debt assets.