Nest to Reduce Carbon in its Growing Emerging Market Strategy
The UK-based pension fund will drill down on renewable energy in the strategy, which will roughly double next year.
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Madoff Victims’ Recovery Tops 80% of Losses
Latest distribution of more than $488 million to Bernie Madoff victims hailed as ‘historic result.’
Former Asset Management Firm COO Gets 3 Years in Prison for Fraud
Richard Diver admitted that the money he stole was consumed by his ‘wild’ personal spending.
Private Equity Goes on a Warehouse Buying Binge
Blackstone, KKR, and other PE players ride a trend propelled by ecommerce’s expansion.
CIEBA Selects New Chair and Increases Membership Despite COVID-19
Paul Cavazos, CIO of American Beacon Advisors, takes the helm.
DOL Eases Overly Prescriptive Stance in Final Proxy Voting Rule
It’s unclear how the rule will be interpreted and enforced after the federal administration changes hands, experts say.
Court Rules Pensions Can’t Exist in a State of Limbo
In ‘most unusual case,’ judges back PBGC and find that someone must be held responsible for a pension even if the sponsor is long gone.
Exclusive: Deloitte CIO Mary Ellen Stocks Retires after 16 Years in the Post
Alex Lee, who has been her No. 2, takes over the top finance slot.
UK Hedge Fund Manager to Pay $170 Million to Settle SEC Charges
BlueCrest Capital Management allegedly misled investors about replacing traders with an underperforming algorithm.
Danish Pension Fund PKA Launches $3.5 Billion Private Equity Fund
PKA Private Funds IV is part of the pension’s strategy to invest in unlisted growth companies.
Finally, Financial Stocks Are Poised to Rise, Says Credit Suisse
A better economy and higher interest rates should propel the woebegone sector in 2021 and 2022, it argues.
New York State Pension Fund Aims to Be Carbon Net Zero by 2040
The $226 billion Common Retirement Fund joins other institutional investors in following the Paris Agreement’s targets.
4 Public Pension Funding Strategies Besides Employer Contributions
Issuing bonds or tapping gambling revenues are among the methods some states adopt, the National Institute on Retirement Security finds.
‘No End in Sight’ to Government Spending, Gundlach Says
Bond King says that output will bring much more Treasury issuance, and the Fed’s buying a lot of it.
Head of Norway’s Wealth Fund Resigns Over Security Clearance Denial
Norges Bank’s deputy governor said his clearance was rejected because he has a wife who lives in China.