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Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Active managers should only charge fees in line with the returns generated from the investment manager's skills, according to Sharon Fay, chief responsibility officer at AllianceBernstein. Speaking at the JANA Annual Conference, Fay said not all active ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... to provide an annual review to. The conduct occurred when StatePlus was the RSE licensee for StatePlus Fixed Term Pension Plan and the StatePlus Retirement Fund. As at 30 June 2017, the two funds had a combined $17 billion under management on behalf ...

Good quarter but bad year for US instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... [Employee Retirement Income Security Act] pension plans returned 10.55% at the median in June quarter. Median ERISA pension plan had 37% of its total assets in US fixed income. Foundations and endowments reported 9.24% median return for the quarter and ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... markets to benefit asset owners. California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), Ohio Public Employees Retirement System (OPERS), and State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) along with eSecLending ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... other investors." Now, the DOL proposes that under ERISA fiduciaries must always put the economic interests of the pension plan first in providing retirement benefits. "As ESG investing has increased, it has engendered important and substantial questions ...

BGH Capital, Canadian pension fund shelve NZ acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
Melbourne private equity firm BGH Capital and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have shelved the proposed acquisition of an Australia New Zealand dental practice chain as COVID-19 shutdowns impact the latter's operations. Abano Healthcare Group ...

Ontario Teachers' takes stake in Sydney desal plant

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
The $201 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan along with Morrison & Co, on behalf of the Utilities Trust of Australia have acquired The Infrastructure Fund's ownership stake in the Sydney Desalination Plant. Following the transaction, Ontario Teachers' ...

Pension fund chief executive retires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
The chief executive of one of the United States' largest pension funds is set to retire after 18 years in the top job. Jack Ehnes, chief executive of the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has announced his will retire later this ...

Lendlease, Canadian pension fund expand partnership

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Lendlease and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) have announced a $155 million agreement to invest in a new building in South London. In 2018 the Australian property giant and CPP Investments committed to a $2.6 billion Build-to-Rent ...

UK regulator fined for pension failure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... to comply with requirements to include sufficient information in a chair's statement to members of its staff pension plan. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been fined £2000 by UK pension scheme authority, The Pension Regulator (TPR). A ...