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The value of the Canadian model
A lot has been written about the superiority of the “Canadian model” for managing pensions, but can a value be assigned to this organisational design structure?
Bulk of pension assets still at top end
The 300 largest funds, and the seven biggest country markets, continue to control the lion’s share of global pension assets, a Willis Towers Watson study has found.
Irresistible opportunity in Nigeria
The offices of Nigeria’s biggest pension fund manager sit at the end of a quiet side street on Victoria Island, Lagos’s bustling financial capital. Inside Stanbic IBTC’s aptly named Wealth House, indicative of Nigeria’s growing savings culture, a throng of customers jostle to query staff on pension matters. Four flights up, 48-year-old chief executive Demola
South Dakota pension’s long view
At the South Dakota Investment Council, the quest for value has led to long-term strategies, contrarian moves in real estate and debt, plus a focus on hiring and retaining young, local talent.
How to hedge long-term inflation-linked liabilities without inflation-linked instruments
Given the capacity constraints on local inflation-linked bond markets, what are other options for hedging long-term inflation-linked liabilities? This is a question Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has been deliberating on as it supports an academic chair at EDHEC-Risk Institute with a focus on analysing the design of novel forms of liability-hedging portfolios that do not
The benefits of alignment
Funds managers should always be open to ways to improve mechanisms for stronger investor alignment, writes Mercer principal, David Scobie. But there are several factors to consider.
Mandates need innovating to encompass sustainable investing
As carbon emissions continue to rise investors need to innovate on the nature of investment mandates says Colin le Duc, a founding partner of Generation Investment Management. He says real world impact is going in the wrong direction, even though sustainable investing is booming, and the credibility of transition plans is under scrutiny. What
Growth dynamics define sustainability
Will long-term GDP growth behave like bacteria in a petri dish or rabbits on a deserted island? The answer has implications for investors attempting to construct sustainable portfolios.
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