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QIC equities head joins Silicon Valley firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2016
... chief strategist. Jacobi Strategies uses "proprietary storyboard technology," aimed at assisting asset managers and pension funds with portfolio design. "Jacobi's modeling framework elegantly links allocation and manager views to the client's objectives ...

International pension fund creates stewardship group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has established a "Stewardship Enhancement Group" as part of an obligation it sees to increase understanding of responsible investment principles. Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) recently created ...

Board members lose independence after 12 years: CalPERS

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds believes that company directors who serve more than 12 years on the same board are at risk of compromising their independence. The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) has revised its global ...

OneVentures says VC needs scale in Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2016
... years, the returns on venture capital were horrible. But the US, which reformed venture capital investment rules for pension funds in the 1970s, has been in the asset class long enough "so they could see you can make money." OneVentures managing director ...

International pension funds buy London City airport

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
Three Canadian pension funds and the Kuwait Investment Authority have won the takeover battle for London City airport with an offer of about £2 billion ($3.9 billion). A consortium made up of Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), Borealis, AIMCo and ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... the ability to offer world-class technology to clients under their own brand. It's very well suited to large super/pension funds, who can offer a much wider and more tailored range of portfolios to members at a lower cost, as well as to small investo ...

Alternatives drove Permal and EnTrust marriage

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
... still in single digit territory, especially related to hedge funds. More and more you see plans of institutions and pension funds and other types of large allocators wanting to go to 20% looking across the spectrum of alternatives." Speaking to Financial ...

Norwegian fund reviews ESG approach

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
One of the world's largest pension funds has updated its investment expectations on human and children's rights, water management and climate change. Norway's Government Pension Fund Global, which manages about US$804 billion, recently released its ...

Instos to increase alternative strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... opportunities that match their liabilities," McCombe said. A separate study by Willis Towers Watson confirmed global pension funds are continuing to increase their asset allocation to alternatives. It said allocations to alternative assets - especially ...

Hedge funds up 2.4% in 2015

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2016
... market conditions, beating stocks and bonds on both an absolute and risk-adjusted basis and preserving capital for pension funds and other investors," said AIMA chief executive Jack Inglis. "Given that this period of market volatility is set to continue ...