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ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... BlackRock, with Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June 2022, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to ...

Australians lack confidence in retirement: SSGA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2023
... Global Advisors (SSGA) Retirement Reality report has revealed a widespread lack of confidence in Australia's retirement system. Despite recent changes to the Australian retirement system, including the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) reforms, aggressive ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... BlackRock, with Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June, the MOSERS board of trustees directed staff to require ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... from BlackRock. Republican State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announced that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) sold all public equities managed by BlackRock, due to concerns about its record of prioritising ESG initiatives over ...

Small wins for some pensioners

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... currently but it is something we've been advocating," Knox said. Another adjustment would be to look at the retirement system as a whole. "[Assistant treasurer and financial services] minister Jones has said he wants to look at the objectives of ...

Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
Australia's retirement system has been awarded a B+ by Mercer and the CFA Institute in their 2022 Global Pension Index, ranking sixth overall for the second consecutive year. The index covers 44 retirement systems around the world, measuring them on ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
The volatility and fragility of US pension funds makes clear that state and local retirement systems collectively aren't going to invest their way out of their poor funded status, an Equable report says. Equable's State of Pensions 2022 report says ...

Retirement fears on the rise: AMP

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... this fear of running out stems from a basic lack of understanding- an awareness gap- of their finances and the retirement system." Hillier said that as a result, many Australians are under-spending in retirement, passing away with as much as 90% of super ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
According to new data, this year could be the most challenging in recent history to retire. Natixis IM shared its annual NIM Global Retirement Index (GRI) data and report named Danger Zone and said market downfall, low rates and inflation are taking ...

Future Fund appoints alternatives, credit heads

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... organisation to pursue new opportunities. He first joined in February 2014, coming from California Public Employees Retirement System where he spent 13 years as an absolute return portfolio manager. "Craig has made a valuable contribution to the agency ...