CPPIB Returns 8.9% in Fiscal 2019
Foreign private equities were the investment portfolio’s top-performing asset.
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NY State Pension Misses Target with 2019 Return of 5.3%
Private equity helps raise fund’s asset value to $210.2 billion.
Avery Dennison Transfers $750 Million in Pension Obligations
Deal with AIG covers 8,500 members of plan terminated in July 2018.
Denmark’s ATP Rebounds Big
Fund sticks to its ‘disciplined approach’ despite 21% return in the first quarter.
Australia Future Fund Bounces Back in Q1
A robust turnaround in equities brings a 5% return for the asset owner.
Dutch Pension Funds Rebound from December’s Santa Claus Blues
Despite a Q1 comeback, ABP, PFZW officials are worried about low interest rates, future benefit reductions.
BlackRock Assets Surpass $6 Trillion
World’s largest asset manager got a big Q1 boost, thanks to fixed income, even though equities dimmed.
Oregon Gov. Proposes Robin Hood Pension Solution
To fix state’s retirement systems that are ‘ill-prepared’ for economic downturn, Kate Brown plans to take from the rich and give their tax dollars to its poorly funded pensions.
CDPQ’s Annual Report Reveals a Smooth Operator in Turbulent Markets
From climate change initiatives to net returns, the investor maintains its cool through ‘key transactions in major asset classes.’
At Pension Bridge: What’s the Right Risk-Oriented Way to Allocate Assets?
Wisconsin’s Edwin Denson looks at what the next downturn could mean for investing.
Commerzbank De-Risks $1.6 Billion from Dresdner Kleinwort Pension
Buy-in with PIC is largest deal of the year so far.
UK Government Leaves Universities on Their Own to Deal with Increased Public Pension Costs
Opponents call the ruling ‘deeply worrying’ for the future of the country’s higher education institutions.
Goldman Puts Number on Odds of a Recession: Just 10%
Wall Street firm credits the Fed’s about-face for sunnier view.
New Illinois Bill Would Consolidate more than 650 Police and Fire Pensions
Debates ensue over projected returns, transition costs, and throwing the fund’s impeccable funded ratio off-balance.
Consolidation Among Top Priorities for UK’s PLSA
Pension industry trade group releases four-year work plan.