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.
Conflict in Iran: Investors mute the noise but inflation risk grows
Investors are watching conflict in the Middle East closely as inflationary pressures begin to build beneath the surface. One of the challenges for many investors is reduced exposure to the hedging benefits of fossil fuels in listed, and private markets.
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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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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