Pensions
WTW Backs Hibernation, OCIO, ESG and Diversification in Recommendations for 2023
Report outlines seven moves pension funds should be making in an uncertain economic climate.
Tag: Pensions
Pensions
Strong November for Equities Yields Lower Pension Funding
Most gauges of U.S. corporate pension health remained fully funded in November, even as they dropped from higher levels earlier in the year, data showed.
Pensions
OECD Pensions Outlook 2022: Developing Asset-Backed Pension Systems
Latest worldwide pensions review discusses how to develop and strengthen asset-backed pensions and makes recommendations on governance and fee structures.
Newsmakers
NBA Approves Institutional Investors’ Passive Ownership Stakes in Teams
Investors including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds and endowments can own passive stakes in NBA franchises, following a 2020 decision to welcome private equity firms.
Pensions
Higher Interest Rates Put LDI Derivative Usage into Question
LDI strategies allow for passive equity to be replaced by holding ‘cash’ and synthetic equity instruments. But with better funding statuses, are pensions’ derivative positions less necessary?
Dauntless Allocators Stick With Calamitous Cryptocurrency
Institutions keep their toeholds in bitcoin and others amid epic market slide.
Regulation
European Pension Regulator Launches Climate Risk Stress Test for 2022
The regulator imagines what will be the effects of a climate shock to pension funds’ balance sheets.
Manager Selection
What Will Differentiate the Best Alternatives Investors in the Next 10 Years?
We ask Anton Pil, global head of alternatives for JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Regulation
DOL Warns Retirement Plans to Be Cautious About PE Investments
The Department of Labor is concerned fiduciaries will misinterpret its earlier June 2020 letter.
Newsmakers
Penn SERS Changes Its Travel Rules to Prevent Excessive Spending by Staff
Ambiguities in travel policies have caused issues at other Pennsylvania funds.
Asset Allocation
Why Is Africa’s Largest Pension Pulling Out of Africa’s Largest Asset Management Firm?
Allegations of poor management and corruption are the root of the problem.
Asset Allocation
CDPQ Invests in M3 Mortgage Group
The Canadian institutional investor has almost 10% of its portfolio invested in real estate.
Vocal Critic Margaret Brown Is Knocked Off CalPERS Board
Things should be more peaceful once the 'watchdog' leaves, this coming January, but whether CalPERS will be better or worse remains to be seen.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Haves and Have Nots: Virus Effect Will Widen the Public Pension Divide
When the crisis abates, the gap between well-funded plans and the others will be even larger.
Asset Allocation
Op-Ed: We Need to Talk about Pensions
Matthew Bale from RiskFirst, a Moody’s Analytics company, takes an analytical look at the implications of COVID-19 for the UK pension industry.