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CERN fund: the collision of investment ideas?
Its core business involves expanding the realm of science by beaming particles close to the speed of light and it invented the web – as we know it – as a nice little side project. You would perhaps then expect the CHF 3.6-billion ($3.9-billion) pension fund of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, to
Harvard’s sustainability plan
Last month Harvard Management Company was the first US university endowment to sign the PRI. It has also appointed its first vice president of sustainable investing as it seeks to incorporate ESG considerations in its decision making. So how is HMC integrating ESG in its portfolio? Harvard University has taken a stand for sustainability.
Top1000funds.com brings some of the world’s largest investors together in Beijing
More than 70 investors representing more than $3.1 trillion in pension, endowment and sovereign fund capital will converge on Beijing on Sunday for the first Top1000funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium.
CalSTRS’ sustainability strategy: Net zero and investing in opportunities
CalSTRS’ net zero strategy has provided a new level of focus and anchor for the 220-person investment team. Kirsty Jenkinson, investment director for the sustainable investment and stewardship strategies at the fund, explains its evolution including integrating climate scenarios into its asset liability modelling study.
Risk management’s next level
UC Regents’ Risk Management 3.0 aims to be a better predictor of financial crises, by going beyond historical trends and stress testing, to look at how people and systems behave under pressure.
Addressing shortcomings in current corporate reporting
Investors don’t have access to all the information they need today. Raj Thamotheram, Mark Van Clieaf and Alan Willis ask: why aren’t investors (and their clients) demanding it? Without relevant, timely and reliable information, investors are unable to make informed long-term investment decisions. The efficiency of capital markets in allocating invested funds – the only real value of
Does pay for performance work?
Governance experts say that paying competitive salaries for internal staff will have benefits across the entire fund. For some, including those working in public sector pension funds or profit-to-member funds, that is unpalatable. But a comparison of salaries and total investment costs, between two large, different and high profile funds – Ontario Teachers and CalPERS
We don’t have to be friends
“I don’t have to like you, we don’t have to be friends,” says Chris Ailman, chief investment officer of CalSTRS.
Bloomberg embraces diversity
Head of diversity and inclusion at Bloomberg stresses the benefits of a diverse workforce and says asset owners can highlight areas for improvement in this regard.
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