The three Rs of investing: Risk, return, and resilience

September 08, 2026

Private equity: As carry sinks, pension funds are winning the talent war

September 08, 2026

Are Canada’s pension bosses paid too much?

September 04, 2026

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

September 02, 2026

US endowment returns rocket on SpaceX windfall

Early venture bets on SpaceX have ballooned into major portfolio positions at some US university endowments, with new analysis estimating the aerospace firm contributed as much as 10.6 percentage points to annual returns. Michael Markov, founder of US quantitative researcher Markov Processes International, says the windfall is now creating a concentration risk that investors cannot ignore.

September 08, 2026

Analysis

Private equity: As carry sinks, pension funds are winning the talent war

September 08, 2026

Analysis

Are Canada’s pension bosses paid too much?

September 04, 2026

Investor Profile

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

September 02, 2026

News

Could Norway’s SWF really disappear?

September 01, 2026

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Canadians more complex than first glance

The Canadian model, revered world over for its supreme pension management, is not low cost despite that being one of its oft-described traits. New research by CEM Benchmarking and McGill University shows that these funds are cost efficient, rather than being low cost. Their aim is to be high net performers, not low cost.

September 03, 2020

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Engagement and divestment: a mighty team

The empirical results of academic studies indicate that both engagement and divestment approaches can be effective in achieving desired ESG outcomes. So, far from being mutually exclusive, both engagement and divestment are mutually reinforcing.

Erik Christiansen

September 01, 2020

FIS Digital – June 2020

Much more change to come

Amanda White looks back at the past six months, how investors have reacted and what change is yet to come.

August 31, 2020

FIS Digital – June 2020

Asset owners adapt and respond to COVID

The Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative finds that 25 leading public pension and sovereign wealth funds, with assets of $6 trillion, are investing tens of billions of dollars in COVID-19 solutions and in funds to support stricken companies. Here they look at what the leading asset allocators around the world are doing to respond to the pandemic.

August 26, 2020

Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021

NY Common’s sustainability integration

Andrew Siwo is the first director of sustainable investments and climate solutions at the $200 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund (CRF). Here he talks about the fund’s approach to ESG integration.

August 20, 2020

Sustainability Digital – Sept 2020

Investors continue to align with SDGs

Five years on since the SDGs were launched, an increasing number of investors are putting capital to work to earn returns alongside helping solve global scourges like the climate crisis, poverty and inequality. Sarah Rundell looks at New York Common Fund and Denmark's PKA among others.