Alecta Returns 7.7% in First Half of 2024
The assets of Sweden’s largest pension fund grew to $126 billion.
Pensions
Study: Decline in DB Plans Widens Income Inequality Gap
NCPERS research found that increasing income inequality ‘degrades national economic growth.’
Japan’s GPIF Reclaims World’s Largest Pension Fund Title
The pension giant also released an annual survey evaluating the stewardship of its external asset managers.
CPPIB Ekes Out 1% Gain in Q1, Promotes Caitlin Gubbels to Head of Private Equity
Public and private assets helped the pension fund swing from a loss one year earlier to raise its asset value to $471.5 billion.
PSERS, Aon Settle Lawsuit for $7M
The accounting firm admitted to errors in a 2020 risk analysis, significantly disrupting the Pennsylvania education workers’ plan.
GE Retirees Strike Deal to Increase Time Limit to Sue Over Unpaid Pension Benefits
Participants had filed an administrative complaint alleging the company renounced its obligation to pay their benefits.
Rhode Island Pension Returns 10.47% in Fiscal 2024
Assets of the ERSRI system rose to $11.369 billion.
Corporate Pension Funded Status Stays Flat in July
Strong equities were equivalent to or offset by a decline in pension discount rates.
UK Chancellor Reeves Meets With Maple 8 Bosses on Implementing ‘Canadian Style’ Investing in British Plans
Reeves wants to learn lessons from Canadian plans on investing.
Institutional Asset Owners Returned 1.1% in Q2
Markets slowed in the period, according to the Northern Trust Universe tracking system.
UC Investments Reaps Big Returns From Index Fund Shunning Fossil Fuels, Tobacco
Some $1.3 billion of the University of California’s $16 billion fiscal 2024 investment gain came from one S&P 500 index fund.
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Leads $150M Venture Round for Credit Card Startup Bilt
Other funding sources included endowments at Vanderbilt and the University of Illinois.
Pension Fund Sues KKR, Alleging $500M Payout Had ‘No Value’ to Unitholders
The lawsuit claims the firm’s founders and executives breached their fiduciary duties and ‘wanted to enrich themselves.’
OMERS to Expand Investments in Italy With Acquisition of Transit and Advertising Network
The pension fund, along with DWS, will fully acquire Grandi Stazioni Retail.
Nova Scotia Fund Returns 7.93% in Fiscal 2024
Assets of the Nova Scotia Pension Services Corp., which oversees four pension funds, rose to nearly $10 billion.