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Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... drive greater diversification of investments and provide a more cost-effective option to pension savers. Local Government Pension Scheme assets would also be pooled and managed by select managers to increase investment in infrastructure, housing and ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... owner was Norway's Norges Bank Investment Management with US$1.7 trillion in assets. Second place was Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund with US$1.6 trillion, followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with US$1.4 trillion. The report said the ...

Stafford Capital establishes $1.8bn forestry fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... replaced by new capital commitments. Stafford said the fund received particularly strong support from UK local government pension funds who represent 54% of the fund. Stafford said the support underscored continued investor demand from UK pension schemes ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... fund rankings places AustralianSuper as the world's 17 th largest in terms of assets size. Norway's Government Pension Fund comes in first place with $2.7 trillion (US$1.8tn), followed by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund with $2.5 ...

Cbus launches Age Pension campaign

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Cbus has launched a campaign to help its members near the age of retirement claim government pension benefits. In a recent survey of its members, Cbus found that nine out of 10 respondents approaching retirement age lack confidence in understanding ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... the income which makes you comfortable, along with confusion about how to access even a part payment of the government pension." Hillier's optimism is reflected in the name of North's risk management retirement framework: SMILE. It is an acronym ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... Europe's AUM represented 23.7%, decreasing their share in 2024 as well. At the very top of the table, Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) was overtaken by Norway's Government Pension Fund after more than 20 years at the top. ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... invested nearly US$2 billion in Israeli companies. In July, UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese slammed the Government Pension Fund of Norway - which is the world's largest and claims to have the "most comprehensive ethical guidelines" - for ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
In the UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... of the total AUM, with $22.63 trillion. Of this, 24.4% belongs to the top five asset owners, being Japan's Government Pension Investment, Norges Bank Investment Management, China Investment Corporation, SAFE Investment Company, and the Abu Dhabi Investment ...
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