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Aussie pension pros most confident about valuations

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Only one fifth of global pension fund professionals are more than 90% confident their respective funds' asset and liability valuations are accurate, according to the latest research from State Street. Interviewing more than 400 pension fund professionals ...

Hedge funds battle identity crisis

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2016
You could be forgiven for thinking hedge funds are facing a global identity crisis upon reading some of the latest research distributed across the institutional investment industry, but there are plenty of Australian managers and representatives willing ...

Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... investing by an institutional investor. In order to reduce its exposure to climate risk, The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, known as AP4, has allocated 21.8 %, or around $4.2 billion of its global equity portfolio to low carbon strategies and ...

CalPERS names new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
... relations, and numerous support functions. CalPERS board president Rob Feckner said: "Marcie is a seasoned public pension fund administrator and we couldn't be happier that she will lead the fund and be part of our CalPERS family. The selection of Marcie ...

Foreign investment bound for South Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The South Australian government is continuing to promote its $21 billion agriculture industry to foreign investors via an innovative online portal and through wider budget initiatives. The portal, AgInsight South Australia, was launched in August 2015 ...

Fees still an issue for alternatives: WTW

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... of hedge funds (FoHF) (6% and $222 billion), infrastructure (5%) and illiquid credit (5%). The research found that pension fund assets represent a third (34%) of the top 100 alternative managers' assets, followed by wealth managers (19%), insurance companies ...

Fidante manager closes $400m industrial water fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... Limited has received $400m in commitments from six institutional investors, including the First Swedish National Pension Fund (AP1) and BAE Systems' pension fund's investment manager. It is the first institutional fund to exclusively target industrial ...

Chinese and Dutch investment giants explore long-term alliance

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
... China's largest asset managers and the in-house investment manager for the Netherlands' $500 billion National Civil Pension Fund (ABP) are in discussions to form a long-term strategic alliance. APG manages assets for ABP, which is the Netherlands' pension ...

CalPERS increasing emerging manager exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUN 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds is aiming to have US$11 billion ($15 billion) dedicated to emerging and transition investment managers by 2020. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) told the Global Entrepreneurship Summit ...

Instos begin litigation against Volkswagen

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2016
... controls, governance and oversight by the board. This action seeks to recover not only CalSTRS economic losses to the pension fund, but, ultimately, to implement much needed corporate governance reforms going forward at VW." CalSTRS pointed out that ...