Public Pension Funds Recovering From Pandemic-Era Staffing Issues
Salaries increased 4.9% year over year, according to an NCPERS 2024 compensation survey, with total compensation up even more.
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Opportunities Abound at Intersection of Traditional Finance, Digital Assets, Energy
The CIO of Panama’s sovereign wealth fund writes that the push for regulatory clarity and innovation are strong in a ‘dynamic, yet challenging, frontier’ market.
India Creates Hybrid Government Employee Pension Fund
The Unified Pension Scheme will be a combination of a defined benefit and defined contribution pension plan.
New York Common Cashes Out $3.3B Worth of Strategic Partnerships
The pension giant also committed another $1 billion to a BlackRock climate fund after dumping nearly $4 billion in public equities earlier this year.
San Diego County Pension Returns 11.3% in Fiscal 2024
Assets have grown to $17.7 billion at SDCERA, which announced a new allocation to an alternative credit fund.
International Centre for Pension Management Celebrates 20 Years
The organization, which started out within the University of Toronto, has grown to a network of the largest institutional funds.
Columbia Business School, Emeritus Launch CIO Training Program
The nine-month process will include the use of behavioral finance principles and the integration of artificial intelligence into investing decisions.
Citi Survey: 60% of Family Offices Have Own CIO
Smaller funds were most likely to outsource the chief investment officer role, according to the bank’s 2024 family office survey.
With Assets at $11.2B, UK’s Nest to Make Domestic Investments More Transparent
The defined contribution pension plan expects to have more than $26 billion invested in the U.K. by 2030.
BlueFlame AI Tool Seeks to Aggregate Unstructured Alts Data
Available to BlueFlame clients, Nexus aims to organize data from many sources in a searchable database.
Private Equity Firms? More Like Private Debt Providers
Lending occupies more and more of PE companies’ attention, per a new PitchBook Report.
Rate Cuts Unlikely to Affect PRT Market in Short Term
Funds are more sensitive to long-term rates, upon which the Federal Reserve’s action will have little impact.
Inflation? Companies Fret Less About It Lately
Mention of price increases dropped sharply in 2Q earnings calls compared with two years before, says FactSet.
Seesaw Markets Force NYSLRS to Raise Employer Contribution Rates
‘Volatility in investment income translates into volatility in employer contributions,’ according to the chief actuary at the New York State and Local Retirement System.
NZ Super Fund Posts 15% Return for Fiscal 2024, Just Shy of Benchmark
According to the sovereign wealth fund, its active-passive hybrid strategy produced a $10 billion gain as compared with a strictly passive investing approach.