Not your usual alternatives
With public assets looking fully priced, the New Mexico Retirement Board is diversifying into alternatives such as litigation finance and royalties from intellectual property and music.
Dutch pension funds embrace UN goals
PGGM and APG are well advanced in developing a process to identify potential sustainable development investment opportunities that could transform the UN’s targets into tangible returns.
Communication via the contribution rate
A more meaningful way of keeping defined contribution savers informed and engaged could be through communication in relation to their contribution rates.
AustralianSuper’s equities ride
The large size and penchant for active investment of the $120 billion AustralianSuper present both opportunities and challenges for its fund managers and inhouse equities team.
Emerging market funds need to diversify
Pension funds in many emerging economies need to diversify offshore, says the World Bank, in order to achieve higher returns with potentially lower volatility.
A strategy to believe in
Nevada’s public pension plan only pays 11 bps in total costs due to 80 per cent of the fund being indexed. But CIO Steve Edmundson says low fees are a byproduct, not the reason for the strategy.
