COVID-19 Has Disproportionate Impact on Multiemployer Plans by Industry
Survey finds construction industry plans remain healthy, while transportation and manufacturing plans struggle.
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Biden’s First 100 Days Are the Third Best … in the Stock Market
With the Dow ahead by 9.9% over the period, he is bested only by FDR and Taft.
Multiple Employer Pension Plans May Need to Brace Themselves for Lawsuits
Consulting firm October Three says lawyers will likely set their sights on MEPs.
Credit Investments to Watch: Private Credit, Securitized Credit, and Alpha-Oriented Mandates
Asset owners should dig their heels into renewables financing, bank capital relief trades, and other less ‘vanilla’ strategies, says Willis Towers Watson.
Investors Should Decarbonize Portfolios by 10% Annually, MSCI Says
The firm laid out plans for asset owners, managers, and other participants in a call to action this week.
US Corporate Pension Funding Nudges Higher in FY 2020
Asset returns of 13.4% offset plunging discount rates to lift funded levels to 88.4%.
More Investors Are Allocating to Emerging Alternatives Managers
The lack of in-person meetings did not dampen interest in smaller firms, which are putting themselves out there through Zoom.
Funded Levels of Canadian DB Plans Climb to 20-Year High
Surging bond prices helped boost defined benefit plans’ funded ratios to 124%.
Study Suggests There Is No Imminent Public Pension Crisis
Reforms enacted by many plans will cause benefit cash flows to decline significantly, paper finds.
Diversity Efforts at Private Equity Firms Have a Long Way to Go
More institutional investors are calling for equity and inclusion, but challenges remain in disclosures and transparency.
Pandemic Accelerates Social Risks to Investment Portfolios
State Street Global Advisors report says 2020 increased the importance of the ‘S’ in ESG.
Auto-Enrollment Triples New Hire Participation
Vanguard report finds DC plan take-up rates surge to 91% from 28% under automatic enrollment.
Q&A: Shundrawn Thomas Discusses His Push for Diversity, Empathy
The president of Northern Trust Asset Management has written several open letters about the unequal toll marginalized communities face.
Special Report: How City Office Centers, Written Off as Relics, Will Return, Post-Pandemic
The urban workspaces of the future are going to see more personalization, more automation, and more focus on health and wellness.
Exclusive Coverage: CIOs Assess How Pension Fund Investors Can Be Successful After COVID-19
Better governance, flexibility, and clever investment strategies and solutions can prepare pension funds for the future, plan leaders say.