Paul Bucksey, CIO of Smart Pension, the UK’s fast growing DC master trust explains why Smart Pension’s low cost, technologically advanced model is proving so successful.
MetallRente, the risk-averse German pension fund for workers in the metal and electrical industries, now offers an equity allocation in its conservative direct insurance option. The chance to tap the capital markets for higher returns has been enthusiastically taken up by beneficiaries, says managing director Hansjoerg Muellerleile.
Recent research by The Conexus Institute identifies significant dispersion in the operating environment for Australia’s superannuation funds. Here they consider the impact on fund investment models including internalisation, private assets and offshore investment teams.
Roy Swan, director, mission investments at the Ford Foundation, is helping The Church Commissioners for England set up a new impact fund to tackle its slavery legacy. He tells Top1000funds.com about how the fund will provide grants and make impact investments intended to increase access to capital for Black-led businesses.
A clear commitment to DEI is helping CalPERS support its senior staff to optimise the performance of its existing teams and provides a valuable framework for attracting a diverse range of new talents. We spoke to chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, Marlene Timberlake D’Adamo.
Politicisation at US public pension funds has taken a turn for the worse after a new law threatens to put politicians in charge of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi.
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