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Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
... analyst Dan Gocher said. "Hopefully, this clear, common sense statement from one of the world's most influential pension funds will start to shake them out of their current torpor." Gocher also called out investors who cite engagement over divestment ...

Markets ignoring climate crisis: Hewson

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... investment should drive the change." The AODP consults with the top 500 asset owners in the world - comprising large pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, university endowment funds and insurance companies - representing $45 trillion. When the project ...

CFSGAM grows global fixed income team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... Investment Opinion Network. CFSGAM manages about $207.2 billion in assets on behalf of global institutional investors, pension funds, wholesale distributors, investment platforms and financial advisers.

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
... Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson, described how the 7% return targeted by most pension funds was broadly achievable in 2006 with an 8.1% standard deviation via a 60/40 split between either US or global investment-grade ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Achieving the 7% return targeted by most pension funds is a far more complex and riskier process than it was 10 years ago, according to State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
... growth-orientated assets to which Australia also had a slightly higher weighting. The assets in global institutional pension funds across 22 major markets totaled $36.4 trillion in 2016 - a growth of 4.3% in 12 months. Total pension assets in these markets ...

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
... still a large focus on traditional 'ethical investing' or what an investor can exclude from their portfolio. However pension funds such as CalPERS and NYCERS are leading an approach that invests more holistically, Cheang says. Over several years European ...

CSC contributes to global ESG think tank

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... Investment Fund (GPIF), came away with several initiatives. The 13 attendees, who included some of the world's largest pension funds, endorsed a draft statement for the "Effective Stewardship Activities of Institutional Investors" with the wider aim ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... of 51. Canada's pension system has the largest average at 92. Regardless of the low number, the latest PwC global pension funds study shows Australian super funds are increasing the insourcing of investment functions with a focus on building world-class ...

Tail wags the dog in ESG regulation: PRI

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2016
... Guide to Responsible Investment Regulation is based on research covering 300 different pieces of regulation across pension funds, stewardship codes and corporate disclosure requirements in the largest 50 economies in the world. While the PRI identified ...