NEST reflects on 2024: Timber and thematic equities signpost growth
NEST's chief investment officer Liz Fernando reflects on the investor's key milestones through 2024 and warns that returns will likely be lower ahead.
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DC behemoths open up on cultural and investment growth
Nest and AustralianSuper, the largest defined contribution trust funds in their respective countries, face similar challenges related to growth. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium at the University of Oxford heard how the funds are leaning into their growth challenges from a cultural and investment perspective.
UK unleashes its plans for mega funds
The UK government has announced plans to speed up LGPS pooling, forcing local authority pension funds to pool their assets and delegate investment strategy to larger asset pools. The government also wants DC schemes to merge. Top1000funds.com spoke to industry executives about the proposals.
Dutch, British and Australian funds latest to back timberland
Investors are hunting forestry assets because they combines a large-scale sustainable investment with compelling risk-adjusted, inflation proof returns and diversification. Funds like Nest, APG and AP2 explain their approach.
UK industry pushes back on government talk to invest more at home
Policy makers in the UK are suggesting pension funds invest more at home to support economic growth, but investment executives at the funds say it's not that simple.
NEST comes of age
The fast-growing UK DC fund, NEST, is reviewing its objectives and so how it allocates assets. Amanda White spoke to deputy CIO, Elizabeth Fernando about the implications for investments.
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