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Why taking care of business means taking care of nature first
As universal owners, pension funds can’t diversify away from the risk that biodiversity loss poses to the companies they invest in. A global, co-ordinated effort to push for better policy settings is underway, and a growing number of investors are recognising that halting and reversing biodiversity loss is an issue that demands immediate
California public pension funds face cost-cuts
A report into Californian pension funds calls for administrators and government to radically redraw how they calculate benefits to members to cut government contributions and address a looming funding crisis.
COVID-19 hits retirement system adequacy
COVID-19 has exacerbated retirement insecurity and governments need to use this as an opportunity to examine their system inadequacies and make improvements according to David Knox, partner at Mercer and author of the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension index which measures adequacy, sustainability and integrity of 39 retirement systems.
Keys to emerging-infrastructure funding
The chair of the International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds, Adrian Orr, says entities such as the IMF could pave the way for large-scale investment in emerging-market infrastructure projects.
Public pensions shape insto era of hedge funds
The past four-year upsurge in the number of public pension funds investing in hedge funds is shaping the new institutional era of hedge fund management, with funds approaching the asset class for new reasons, says Preqin.
Diversification With Attitude, parts A and B
Diversification is one of the few reliable ‘free lunches’ in asset markets. Nevertheless, investors do not always extract the best from the available benefits. Many portfolios still carry some concentrated risk exposures. And when diversification is pursued, it often occurs under the shotgun approach of increasing the number of return sources, albeit guided by a
CalPERS undertakes large-scale board reforms
CalPERS is undertaking sweeping changes to the way its board operates as part of a package of governance reforms to be rolled out in the coming year.
Emerging markets offer glimmer of hope in 2012
It seems all predictions for 2012 are predicated on the assumption that the mess in Europe doesn’t hit the global economic fan. But as money managers gaze into their crystal balls at what 2012 might hold, emerging markets, particularly Asia, seem a bright spot amid the gloom.
CEPB gets tough on climate lobbying
Climate lobbying by powerful trade associations is delaying and diluting the impact of net zero policies and running counter to the effort policy makers, companies and investors are making to reduce their emissions, says Clare Richards, senior engagement manager in the investments team at the £4.3 billion Church of England Pensions Board where she has
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