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SWFs double in size, eye alternatives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUN 2023
... investment in alternatives over the years. It has grown 44% in the last two years and now surpassed Norway's Government Pension Fund Global which has US$1.2 trillion. This focus on alternatives is now flowing through to other SWFs, the report says, with ...

Greg Combet steps down as IFM Investors, ISA chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
IFM Investors and Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair Greg Combet has relinquished his role to head the government's new Net Zero Agency. Recognised for his expertise in government, investment, climate policy, and industrial relations, as well ...

Former QIC exec now OMERS risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
A longstanding QIC risk specialist has been named the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement System's (OMERS) new chief risk officer, reporting to the Canadian pension fund's chief executive Blake Hutcheson. Joining OMERS in 2020, Deb Barnes ...

Dutch pension giants back $1.5bn local BTR deal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... Torre said: "The rented residential sector is an important constituent of the global portfolio we manage for our pension fund clients." "It's fully aligned with one of the building blocks of our real estate strategy - urbanisation, where amongst ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... the planet". Then, in March, US President Joe Biden used his first veto to fight a Republican proposal to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change. This month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed ...

Boutique co-founder jumps to AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... portfolio manager Daniel Pool. Pool has been appointed senior quant analyst in the public markets team at Abu Dhabi Pension Fund. Pool joins Philip Cheong, who left Russell Investments last year to join the Abu Dhabi Pension Fund as portfolio manager ...

PensionDanmark selects future chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... deputy chief executive. It was recently announced that Torben Möger Pedersen, the long-serving chief executive of the pension fund would depart on October 1. At that time, chief investment officer Claus Stampe will step in as chief executive, with Mørch ...

AustralianSuper hires investment lead in Europe

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2023
AustralianSuper's head of allocation and research is the latest executive to relocate to the asset owner's burgeoning London office. After eight years working at the $250 billion super fund, Carl Astorri has been appointed head of investments ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
The role of infrastructure in portfolios will continue to be a prominent theme for asset allocators this year, as will increased consideration of social factors, according to new report by IFM Investors. The report, titled Infrastructure Outlook 2023 ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
As the price of metal goes up, professional investors around the world are set to boost allocations to gold and gold miners, according to new research by mining company Tresor Gold. The research collated in April surveyed investors responsible for $307.5 ...