News Archive: Aug - 2023

Labor and mineral shortages, plus other problems, stand in the way, a bank study says.

But the Massachusetts state pension fund missed its benchmark’s return by nearly 300 bps.

July sees fourth consecutive month of improved U.S. corporate pension funding.

Technology leaders are off since mid-July, amid new investor wariness and concerns over their high valuations, the research firm contends.

The portfolio’s market value dropped by more than $2 billion last year to $20.2 billion.

Wisconsin’s Select Equity fund, launched just four months ago, aims to use such techniques as long-short pairings.

However, the Joint Staff Pension Fund’s asset value had recouped more than half of those losses by July 20.

The firm aims to raise $1.2 billion to invest in the country’s climate infrastructure.

Hill was most recently managing director and head of the sustainable energies group at Canada’s largest pension fund.

The returns are expected to reduce the city’s required contributions to the pension systems by approximately $550 million over the next five years.

Research awards were also granted to papers covering climate risk and sustainable investing.

The Meghraj Group pension’s sponsor was ordered to pony up nearly 2 million pounds following a dividend payment probe.

Despite the loss, the fund’s AUM grew to approximately $595 billion thanks to a 4% share transfer from Saudi Aramco.

Post-SVB, most thought all was well with the banking system, but the rating agency sees worrisome weaknesses.