Insurance-linked securities spruiked
Insurance-linked securities should have a larger weighting in many investors’ portfolios, Mercer advises, as last year’s hurricanes and other natural disasters are driving up premiums.
Europe sets stage for ESG reform
The High-Level Expert Group has carefully prepared a view of the changes needed to make capital markets sustainable. The report establishes a reform agenda that the PRI backs wholeheartedly.
Pensions’ flawed return forecasts
We all know past performance is not indicative of future results, but a new study finds evidence that US public pensions are basing performance forecasts on their own prior experiences anyway.
Pensions add $4.8 trillion in 2017
Pension assets grew by nearly $5 trillion last year and the hottest markets were Australia, Chile and Hong Kong. Go inside the numbers of The Thinking Ahead Institute’s annual pension report.
Report gives EU funds ESG guidance
The High-Level Expert Group’s 2018 report provides a range of recommendations for how Europe’s pension funds can better address the risks and opportunities ESG concerns pose for their portfolios.
Canada’s Caisse innovates in PE
The $233.3 billion pension fund, CDPQ, is looking to expand its sizeable private-equity allocation with moves into emerging markets and unconventional deals. Flexibility is essential.
