The richest seam in the UK’s pension landscape traces the M62 corridor, a motorway that threads east to west across northern England beginning in Liverpool and taking in Manchester, Bradford and Leeds. These cities are home to the biggest local authority pension schemes in England and custodians to a vast cluster of wealth. “Merseyside, Tameside, … Read more
Many institutional funds boast responsible investing credentials, but Switzerland’s Nest Sammelstiftung has taken the extra step of molding its investment strategy around a sustainable template. The sustainable agenda is more than just a focus for Nest. It forms the very ethos of a fund that markets itself to potential members as “the ecological and ethical … Read more
Hermes Ownership Principles address a simple question: What should owners expect of listed companies and what should these companies expect from their owners? The expectations set out in this document are derived from Hermes extensive experience as an active and engaged shareholder. This experience suggests that there are a number of reasons companies fail in … Read more
Usually when the $129-billion Ontario Teachers Pension Plan makes a strategic move, the rest of the investing community pays attention. With a 15-per-cent allocation to emerging markets and a strategic plan to increase it to 20 per cent over the next couple of years, OTPP just opened an office in Hong Kong to take advantage … Read more
Peter Wallach, head of the United Kingdom’s Merseyside Pension Fund isn’t overly worried about the recent fall in equities. “Markets are being driven by liquidity from central banks; this is more about central banks just needing to reassure investors,” he says. “It is bonds, to our mind, that are over-valued in the medium to long … Read more
A solvency ratio of 157 per cent is a clear mark of success for a pension fund at a time when so many are battling deficits. Remarkably, Sweden’s SEK90-billion ($14 billion) KPA Pension has gained this funding cushion without fully embracing the range of new asset classes or strategies often touted as the solution to … Read more
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