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Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... Superannuation Fund (NZSF), has been excluding investments in Elbit since 2012. The world's largest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's $2.4 trillion Government Pension Fund Global, has excluded Elbit since 2009 for reasons of "other particularly ...

Macro environment trumps inflation for asset owners: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
The majority of global pension and sovereign wealth funds have shifted their focus from inflation to managing a volatile macroeconomic environment as they attempt to recoup massive losses, a new study shows. The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... representing 70.9% of total assets. "Sovereign pension funds accounted for US$ 6.2 trillion in assets, while sovereign wealth funds (SWF) totalled US$ 11.6 trillion," it said. "Sovereign wealth funds' assets grew by 13.9% during 2022, compared to ...

Six local funds in world's top 100: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2022
... consistent with net zero emissions by 2050." In the five years the study has been done, the share of assets held by sovereign wealth funds has risen above one-third and now sits at 37%. The share of assets held by pension funds has begun to slowly decrease ...

Largest asset owners grow: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... their total assets by 15.7% last year to US$23.5 trillion. About 58% of this is held by pension funds, 34.7% by sovereign wealth funds and 7.2% by Outsourced Chief Investment Officers and Master Trusts. Australian institutional investors account for ...

Former Women in Super chief joins AIST

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
... strengthen the integrity of the sector." The AIST recently came out against a Senate Committee which recommended sovereign wealth fund should be exempt from disclosing asset prices so as not to undermine its ability to compete on the global scale. Instead ...

Industry slams Future Fund disclosure exemption

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... sensitive information. The Senate Committee report released this week on disclosure obligations for the sovereign wealth fund recommends it be exempt from disclosing asset prices so as not to undermine its ability to compete on the global scale. In contrast ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has launched a short paper to push for the sovereign wealth fund to manage all superannuation unless a worker opts out. The 20-page widely spaced paper titled Competition for Workers' Superannuation characterises the current ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... pension funds remain the single biggest group of asset owners accounting for over 60% of assets, followed by sovereign wealth funds at 32% and outsourced chief investment officers (OCIOs) and master trusts combined at 7%. AustralianSuper ranked 43rd ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
A survey of 110 pension funds, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth funds and insurance companies worldwide has revealed the new priority position ESG is taking in asset allocation. The survey was produced by the Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable ...
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