Pensions
NYC Pension Funds Call On Chipotle to Adopt Noninterference Policy
Comptroller Brad Lander alleges the company has demonstrated a pattern of anti-union tactics.
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Asset Allocation
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Buys Majority Stakes in Bioenergy Firm, Australian Farm
The Canadian pension fund makes $250 million capital commitment to Idaho-based Sevana Bioenergy.
Is Emerging Market Infrastructure Investing Still Appealing?
The need is still there, but investors must evaluate a wide variety of factors, including geopolitical ones, in selecting the right fit.
Why Job Reshoring Is Merely a Trickle
U.S. manufacturing can’t compete on cost, but it has a leg up in some areas.
Are Defined Benefit Pension Funds Still Useful Recruiting, Retention Tools?
Essential to public sector employees, a pension fund is a forgotten benefit for most workers in the private sector.
Newsmakers
CalPERS Equity Portfolio Edges Out S&P 500 Returns in Q4 2022
CalPERS’ equity portfolio returned 7.92% in the fourth quarter of 2022, eclipsing the S&P 500 performance by 84 basis points.
Newsmakers
New York State Teachers’ Posts Strong Q4 Equity Returns
The retirement system finished 2022 with its equity holding total at $40.69 billion, up from $38.46 billion the previous period.
Risk
Why Meta’s Stock Surges, Despite Skunky Earnings—A Harbinger for Tech?
Slammed in 2022, the Facebook parent and its Big Tech kin see their shares dazzle now, even if their financial performances haven’t.
These Days, Institutional Investors Eye China Warily
U.S. and Canadian allocators no longer pile into Chinese assets.
Newsmakers
Does Chinese Pandemic Unrest Mean Big Problems Ahead? Maybe Not, Says Bespoke
The economic and investing impact on China should be small, the firm expects. Hopefully with no Tiananmen Square rerun.
Pensions
U.S. Pension Funding Ratios Continue to Increase
Better equity performance and higher interest rates in October contribute to pensions nearing full funding.
Newsmakers
Musk Does a Slim Shady as He Shuttles Between Moderate and Firebreather
Twitter’s new chief has started to act nicer, but the old Elon still is around.
Risk
How Bad Is Meta’s Influence on the Market? Bad
Compared with other FAANG members, the company previously known as Facebook is in another league. Its collateral damage, though, was painful.
Asset Allocation
BofA’s Answer to a Bear Market: Outdex, Don’t Index
The shortcomings of the S&P 500 make this method preferable, says the bank.
The Problem with Pulling Out of China
Many U.S. and other nations’ companies are thinking about transferring elsewhere. Easier said than done. Investors could be collateral damage.