News
CIO Announces Winners of Industry Innovation Awards
Hundreds attend a celebration of chief investment officers capping a historic year.
Manager Selection
CalPERS Seeks Private Equity Investment Director
The pension giant is looking for candidates to oversee its co-investment program.
Newsmakers
Ontario Pension Fund Pledges Net-Zero Emissions by 2050
The $89 billion OMERS will follow the advice of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
Risk
Cryptocurrency Trader ‘Coin Signals’ Pleads Guilty to Commodities Fraud
Jeremy Spence, whose trades consistently tanked, lured investors with tales of 148% returns.
Asset Allocation
REST Could Be First Australian Pension Fund to Invest in Crypto
CIO Andrew Lill said digital assets are a ‘very interesting and important part of our portfolio going into the future.’
Newsmakers
Maryland to Launch Retirement Program in Summer 2022
MarylandSaves is the first state-sponsored automatic plan to provide income during retirement.
Newsmakers
Fidelity, State Street Offer Retirement Plans With Income Streams
The SECURE Act has lifted barriers and made it easier for firms to offer annuities in retirement plans.
Risk
US Pension Buyout Sales More Than Triple in Q3 to $15.8 Billion
The pension risk transfer market is poised for a record-breaking year in 2021.
Newsmakers
Boston to Divest From Fossil Fuels, Tobacco, Private Prisons
The city’s mayor signed a bill to eliminate the controversial investments by 2025.
Newsmakers
Institutional Investors Launch ‘ESG Book’ to Standardize Sustainable Data
Their goal is to make sustainability data more widely available and comparable.
Newsmakers
DOL Restores More Than $2.4 Billion to Plans, Plan Participants
Investigations led to over 16,000 defined benefit plan participants collecting more than $1.5 billion in owed benefits in fiscal 2021.
Risk
Pension Fund Sues Peloton Over Alleged False Statements
The lawsuit claims the fitness company and its executives lied about the prospects of post-COVID growth.
Newsmakers
Florida Pensions Agree to Settle Perrigo Lawsuit for $31.9 Million
The complaint centered on a $1.9 billion Irish tax bill incurred by the pharmaceutical company.
Newsmakers
Connecticut Reins in Public Pension Costs
The state general assembly forecasts $290 million in pension cost cuts by 2026 thanks to a volatility cap excess.
Regulation
UK Government Considering Relaxing Fee Cap on AUM
If the change goes through, plans will have more freedom to invest in lucrative private equity and venture capital.