FIS Maastricht 2022
South Africa’s $119 billion Government Employee Pension Fund is in the process of readying its investment processes for a new law that will allow people to draw down some of their retirement income early.
Sarah RundellApril 24, 2024
CalPERS may tie the incentive pay of its staff to meeting climate KPIs in the near future. The fund's executive pay consultants also discussed other ways the fund should tweak incentive pay like adding an asset class investment performance weighting to the annual incentive formula.
Sarah RundellApril 24, 2024
The clock is ticking for Dutch fund PWRI to transition to a new DC scheme in line with pension reform. Imke Hollander explains why the pension fund is unlikely to invest more in risk assets and flags mounting costs in the transition, particularly in fees paid to advisors.
Sarah RundellApril 23, 2024
The $77 billion LACERA has positioned for the downside, launching a new asset allocation that pivots towards diversification and downside risk, adding to hedge funds and investment grade bonds. Top1000funds.com talks to CIO, Jonathan Grabel.
Sarah RundellApril 23, 2024
New rules may enable employers to tap surplus funds built up in defined benefit plans in the UK. It remains unclear if this would alter investment strategy and see these funds invest more investment in so-called productive assets rather than UK government bonds.
Sarah RundellApril 18, 2024
Two of the biggest pension funds in the world, the Dutch APG and Japan’s GPIF, have joined forces to invest in large scale infrastructure deals. The move comes as APG Asia head Thijs Aaten says he envisages more than half of the fund’s real assets will be in Asia.
Amanda WhiteApril 18, 2024