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Engagement and divestment: a mighty team
The empirical results of academic studies indicate that both engagement and divestment approaches can be effective in achieving desired ESG outcomes. So, far from being mutually exclusive, both engagement and divestment are mutually reinforcing.
CalPERS board ponders the risks of TPA
CalPERS CIO Stephen Gilmore talks the board through their role in setting the risk parameters behind a Total Portfolio Approach. The investment team hope the board will have selected its level of risk tolerance by November off which a TPA strategy can launch in July 2026.
Creative mandates for UniSuper as new CIO settles in
Fresh from a stint as head of asset management at China’s second largest insurance company, Ping An, the new chief investment officer of the $A19 billion ($16 billion) UniSuper, John Pearce, has some definitive views on how to position the fund for the future, including bringing some equities management in-house, focusing on infrastructure in the
PMT builds out its ESG screening and engagement program
PMT, the Dutch fund for metal and technical workers, has just increased the screens guarding its equity and bond allocations from ESG laggards. It is also increasing its engagement with companies to try and build climate awareness.
NZ Super: contrarian Kiwis rewrite rules
No one who works at New Zealand Super has a business card that has an asset class attached to it. This simple representation speaks volumes to the investment approach taken by the fund. One could work for the strategy team or the investment analysis team, but the investment structure by which NZ Super invests, such
Norway SWF tops list of most transparent funds globally
Government Pension Fund Global, Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund, has topped the list of the most transparent funds in the 2023 Global Pension Transparency Benchmark, beating last year’s winner CPP Investments by only one point.
Asset-backed funding: desperate or innovative?
On one hand, the decision by one of the United Kingdom’s leading foods businesses, Dairy Crest, to plug its £84-million ($130-million) pension deficit with cheese smacks of desperation. Any proactive investment strategy to get the $1.2-billion pension fund back on track has been abandoned for a funding measure using unconventional sponsor assets to plug investment
CalPERS grapples with new allocation targets
Implementing the asset allocation changes of a very large portfolio, particularly in private markets, is a conundrum CalPERS is dealing with as it moves its asset allocation and decides how to fill new private market allocations. In February this year the $283 billion CalPERS investment committee approved a new strategic asset allocation which will
Endowment funds turn to alternatives
Foundation and endowment funds are allocating the largest percentage of alternatives to their portfolios, with public funds coming second ahead corporate plans in third place.
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