OMERS Reports First Annual Loss Since Financial Crisis
Canadian pension attributes 2.7% loss to the effects of pandemic on real estate, transportation, entertainment.
Pensions
Canadian Pension to Invest C$5 Billion in Green, Social Bonds by 2025
British Columbia Investment Management also aims to cut carbon exposure of public equities by 30%.
NYC Pension Funds Rebound After Missing Fiscal 2020 Target
The city’s five pension systems have returned an estimated 18% in the first seven months of fiscal 2021.
CalSTRS Aims for New $2 Billion Sustainable Portfolio
Pension plan officials believe they can build a new private markets allocation without sacrificing investment targets.
Wisconsin Treasurer Recommends Creating State-Run Retirement Plan
Auto-IRA program WisconsinSaves would provide all workers access to a retirement benefit.
State Employee Retirements at CalPERS Jump 15% in 2020
The pension system says the spike was ‘predicted’ and figured into planning for the $389 billion fund.
New Pension Transparency Gauge Finds Serious Improvement Is Needed
The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark ranked 15 countries on public disclosure transparency.
Multiemployer Pensions Reach Highest Funding Levels in 13 Years
Robust asset gains in 2020 raised funded ratios to pre-global financial crisis levels.
Pension Fund Assets in Largest Markets Rise 11% in 2020
A second straight year of double-digit growth boosted global pension asset values to $52.5 trillion.
US Corporate Pension Funded Ratio Climbs to 89.8% in January
An increase in discount rates boosted the funded levels of the 100 largest corporate pension plans by $39 billion.
House Includes Pension Reform Plan in COVID-19 Relief Bill
The provision would beef up the PBGC and provide a boost for multiemployer and single-employer plans. But it would also freeze COLAs.
Insurers Have Been Draining Funds from New Jersey’s Pensions for 15 Years
Report calls 2006 policy that shifted financial obligations for employee injuries to pensions ‘a windfall to insurers.’
North Carolina Lowers Assumed Rate of Return for State Pensions to 6.5%
Investment rate cut is the third made by the state in the past four years.
Public Pensions Increasingly Rely on Investment Earnings
NCPERS study finds public retirement systems derive 71% of revenue from investment returns.
Rhode Island Pension Fund Beats Benchmark with 11.9% Return in 2020
Portfolio gains roughly $876 million in last two months of year to raise asset value to a record $9.5 billion.