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Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
A study of the world's 100 largest public pension funds has found more than 60% have little or no climate change strategy. This includes a number of Australian superannuation funds. A new report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project shows 63% ...

Australian retirement outcomes among the best

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... sixth overall for retirement outcomes in Natixis' Global Retirement Index, sitting behind Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and New Zealand. According to Natixis, Australia's ranking is attributed to an improvement in its "finances" score, alongside ...

Aussie retirees blindsided by cost of living: Schroders

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... According to Schroders, this gap in expectations and reality is the fourth largest in the world, behind only South Africa, Sweden and the US. Schroders Australia head of distribution Graeme Mather warned intending retirees to learn from the lessons of ...

Global regulation hub launched for asset managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... currently available, including Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the UK. Zeidler plans to release further jurisdictions in batches over the coming months, including Australia. The ...

Macrovue bets on 5G technology

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... Macrovue chief executive Rod Bristow told Financial Standard. The "vue" or theme has eight 5G stocks in the US and one each in Sweden and Japan. Their top pick? The US$95 billion mobile technology company, Qualcomm. The fund returned 6.81% in less than ...

Industry fund appoints Whitehelm as investment consultant

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... Europe. It followed the acquisition of SAE, an energy form waste plant in Norway, and Storrun, an onshore wind farm in Sweden. Whitehelm has invested about €5.8 billion ($8.7 billion) in its 19-year history, with about €3.4 billion ($5 billion) in ...

Australian trustee hits top 10 responsible investment list

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... the 10th most responsible asset allocator in the world. It occupies the list with pension investors from the US, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and France. Canada's Alberta Investment Management Corp took the top position. New America said ...

Whitehelm acquires Netherlands asset for pension funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... continental Europe. It follows the acquisition of SAE, an energy form waste plant in Norway, and Storrun, an onshore wind farm in Sweden. "While large trophy assets sold through competitive auctions are attracting very high prices, the mid-market continues ...

The growth-inflation divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2017
... subdued and have yet to show a convincing upward trend". The Riksbank offered virtually the same assessment with regards to Sweden's growth (strengthening) and inflation (subdued) outlook. But while it kept the repo rate unchanged at -0.5%, "the Executive ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... en Welzijn in the Netherlands, Kommunal Landspenjonskasse Gjensidige Forsikringsselskap in Norway, Fjarde AP-Fonden in Sweden and Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance in Finland. The top 10 countries by average score are, in order: the Netherlands, Germany ...