2011

Alaska focuses on infrastructure

Infrastructure co-investments will be a new area of focus for the $36.6 billion Alaska Permanent Fund, as reflected in changes to its strategic asset allocation last week.

Amanda WhiteOctober 5, 2011

Ontario Teachers’ fund joins PRI and outlines ESG views via video

The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP) has become a signatory to the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment Initiative (PRI).

SAM RILEYSeptember 28, 2011

Texas Teachers says strategic partnerships with asset managers improving performance

After three years, the strategic partnership that Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) initiated with four of the world’s biggest asset managers is bearing fruit, both in terms of returns and improvements in the fund’s investment processes.

SAM RILEYSeptember 28, 2011

Research

Does pension fund fiduciary duty prohibit ESG integration?

This study analyses more than 1,500 firms from 26 developed countries over a 77 months period using ratings supplied by EIRIS. The results show zero indications that the integration of aggregated or disaggregated corporate environmental responsibility ratings into pension fund investment processes has any detrimental financial effect.

September 28, 2011

Uncategorised posts

Danish pension fund ATP expands to UK

Danish pension fund ATP will expand its operations into the United Kingdom, and the new head of its UK operations, Morten Nilsson, says they can offer a more diverse range of investments and better risk controls than what is currently available to many British pension fund members.

SAM RILEYSeptember 28, 2011

Uncategorised posts

Did S&P downgrade democracy?

Rogerscasey chief executive, Tim Barron (pictured), provides a different perspective on the S&P downgrade of US Treasuries, asking whether the act was actually a downgrade of democracy in that country.

September 28, 2011