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Texas ERS reallocates to managers to help navigate concentrated equity market
Texas ERS' CIO David Veal says the fund is re-allocating around a quarter of its public equity portfolio to external managers, away from the internal team. ERS plans to upsize with existing fundamental mandates but also allocate to new incremental relationships with diversifying strategies.
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Sustainability goals and relevance of PRI
The 10-year anniversary of PRI coincides with the recent adoption of two major agreements by the global community, represented by the United Nations.
Equities sell down
To better manage downside risk, the second-largest UK local government pension scheme has a plan to gradually alter its equity allocation.
Alignment of interest
The mechanism for sharing risks via fees in the pension industry is weak, says Fiona Trafford-Walker. Asset-based fees don't reflect managers’ ability, and clients don't get enough of the benefit of scale.
Global assets in motion
Analysis of the Willis Towers Watson Global Pension Assets Study 2016 shows a troubled industry responding as best it can to situations it feels are out of its control.
Cost disclosure overhaul
Investors should adopt the ILPA standardised fee reporting template for private equity, say Mike Heale and Andrea Dang from CEM Benchmarking
Real estate meets big data
PGGM has committed to reducing its carbon footprint by 50 per cent, but for many asset classes it doesn’t know what the current carbon footprint is.
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