Institutional Investors Remain Optimistic for 2024
A Commonfund survey of more than 200 institutions indicated confidence that the U.S. will not face a severe recession in late 2024 or early 2025.
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Unisys Announces $200M Pension Risk Transfer
The transaction is Unisys' sixth since 2021 and its third with F&G Annuities & Life.
How to Invest in the Future of Artificial Intelligence
What’s next after chatbots? Practical, perhaps profitable, uses, such as in health care, power generation and manufacturing.
Regulating the Robots
The current SEC proposal is seen as overreaching, but industry watchers see benefits if changes are made.
PBGC Responds to House Republicans’ Subpoena on Central States’ Overpayment
According to the PBGC, the DOJ is working with Central States to secure the repayment.
US PRT Premiums Increase 53% From Last Year in Q4 2023
Pension risk transfer premiums hit $12.7 billion last quarter.
5 Dutch Pensions Call On Government to Lead Energy Transition
Pension funds can play a major role in the energy transition, the five funds say, but require regulatory support.
How Daniel Kahneman Created His Legacy: Behaviorism
The towering figure in economics, who died Wednesday, showed how the irrational figures into decisionmaking.
Are Esoteric Asset Classes the New Hedges?
Opportunities are expanding in niche asset classes, from whiskey to art to intellectual property.
KPPA Appoints Ryan Barrow as Executive Director
Barrow’s appointment as the pension chief is effective July 1.
Mississippi Seeks to Fine BlackRock Over ESG Funds
The state’s order claims that the asset manager misled investors in marketing non-ESG index funds.
Research Grant Contest Announced for Studying ESG Investing
Principles for Responsible Investment wants to find out how decarbonizing and other similar goals are working out in the Global South.
Jo Townsend Appointed CEO of New Zealand Super Fund
A veteran of the superannuation industry in Australia, Townsend will start in April.
Ontario Pension Launches Investment Venture With Arjun Infrastructure Partners
The University Pension Plan Ontario’s first investment under the partnership is an undisclosed stake in Great Britain’s largest rolling stock company.
Chris Spencer Named Executive Director of Florida SBA
Lamar Taylor, who has been the interim investment head for more than two years, will become the fund’s permanent CIO.