The Norwegian government is trying to balance financial returns with sustainable development in regulating the GPFG, and the possibility of applying this model to other sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and institutional investors in general. In this paper for the University of Oslo, Adjunct Professor Anita Halvorssen argues that sustainable development needs to be included in the newly adopted Generally Accepted Principles and Practices (GAPP/ Santiago Principles) for SWFs.Click through to research paper here
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Norway aims for ‘green’ returns
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GIC, Temasek eye trillions of growth in climate adaptation market
Singapore’s two largest asset owners, GIC and Temasek, see attractive opportunities in climate adaptation solutions – a relatively underfunded area compared to decarbonisation. The former has already made selective adaptation investments and said the opportunity set across public and private debt and equity could increase to $9 trillion by 2050.
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Target Date Funds: Looking beyond the glide path
Target date funds vary in their broad asset allocation, in their sub-asset allocation of the broader asset classes, and their implementation. This paper outlines some methodologies across providers, highlighting the different risks associated with the various strategies and illustrating the impact on performance over both a longer period, as well as a shorter, more volatile,
Time to mend relationships in investment management
A new KPMG report, ‘Renewing the promise: Time to mend relationships in investment management”, shows the investment management industry should work to rebuild trust with investors through a ‘back-to-basics’ client relationship approach, increase knowledge sharing, and bolster corporate governance and risk management transparency. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The risky proposition of US defined contribution plans
In the US, defined contribution plans have grown in importance but are relatively new to economic and regulatory uncertainty. In an environment such as this, Watson Wyatt suggests specific practices for managing fiduciary liability and optimising plan value for participants, with the possible result of revising the plan’s investment structure. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
Quantifying labor and human rights portfolio risk
This paper, by senior research fellow at the Labor and Worklife Program at Harvard Law School, Aaron Bernstein, explores how pension funds can gather quantifiable, independently audited data on the risks posed by labor and human rights activities of global companies, that is analogous to financial information, and how investors can help facilitate the acceptance
Liability – informed risk budgeting and the use of higher tracking error active equity managers: the virtues of being different
In an environment where periodic illiquidity has become more frequent, Alan Dorsey and Juliana Davydov from Neuberger and Berman explore the risks associated with a new asset allocation approach and the use of managers with broader mandates. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Do institutional investors have sensible investment beliefs?
This article by Kees Koedijk and Alfred Slager , published in the Rotman International Journal of Pension Management, presents the results of a global study of investment beliefs, and highlights the differences in how pension funds and commercial asset managers view capital markets. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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