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Octopus awarded $1bn mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... emissions regions." APG joins existing investors in the Octopus platform, including Rest, Hostplus, other international pension funds, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, as well as private banks and wealth managers. Completion of the proposed investment ...

AustralianSuper taps NYC pension deputy CIO

MATT TOLEDO  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUL 2025
... Tuesday. Kądziela was previously deputy CIO and head of private equity of the New York City Retirement Systems, five pension funds that serve the city's public employees. The five funds, overseen by the comptroller, manage $288.59 billion, as of the ...

Elston expands institutional reach

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... During that time, she worked closely with a wide range of institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance groups, official institutions and family offices. Elston head of adviser services Mark Smith said the timing ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... reporting. Brooks said he brings decades of investment management experience to this role, most of it spent working with pension funds, institutional asset consultants and endowments. "I'm extremely excited about being closer to the end client and ...

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... SAG-Producers Pension Plan to phase out its coal, oil and gas holdings. It notes that while many public and private pension funds the world over have committed to divestment, just 0.2% of current commitments are from cultural institutions. This includes ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... appetite for alpha among large institutional investors, such as insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and pension funds," the report said. Overall, alpha potential will likely prevail for asset managers creating leaner and more agile operating ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... annual study examines all the publicly available information from the world's largest sovereign wealth and public pension funds to compile its scorecard. It assesses criteria including transparency and accountability, governance structure and processes ...

Bentham adds to distribution team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... in institutional asset management, including senior roles at Lazard Asset Management and Schroders working with pension funds, insurers and government clients. He previously held senior distribution and relationship management roles at Lazard Asset Management ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate the ...

State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... designed to cover the costs of New Zealand's universal no-fault accident compensation scheme. So, unlike many pension funds focused solely on long-term growth, ACC must balance the need for returns with maintaining sufficient liquidity for ongoing ...