Newsmakers
GPIF Chooses Two Indices for Its ESG Benchmark
CEO Takahashi hopes the picks will push companies ‘to work on carbon efficiency and disclosure’ practices.
Tag: Japan
Newsmakers
Japan’s PM Wants to Raise Retirement Age Past 65
Shinzo Abe planning social security system overhaul over the next three years, pending re-election.
Risk
World’s Largest Pension Fund Nears $1.5 Trillion
Foreign equities drive Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund’s 1.68% returns in its first fiscal quarter.
Risk
World’s Largest Pension Fund Hits $1.4 Trillion
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund fails to beat its 2014 return record after fourth-quarter stock and treasury slump.
Newsmakers
Japan’s GPIF Reveals New Fee Structure
The world’s largest pension fund ‘drastically’ reduces its basic fee rate.
Corporate Moves
GPIF Continues Infrastructure Push
World’s largest pension fund adds infrastructure appointment, while global real estate fund-of-funds mandate announcements expected soon.
Asset Management Culture
Japan’s Government Pension Fund Changes Fee Structure
The move is aimed at providing an incentive for active managers to boost returns.
Newsmakers
Norges Bank Open to More Japanese Real Estate Deals
Largest SWF ready for multiple 100 billion-yen agreements each year.
GPIF to Move to Performance-based Fees for Active Equities Managers
Change could be finalized by April.
Research
Japan’s Pension Fund Returns 3% in Q2
Foreign, domestic equities help the fund earn $39 billion for the fiscal second quarter.
World’s Largest Pension Fund Reports 3.5% Increase in Q1
Largest gains point to domestic, foreign equities.
Newsmakers
World’s Largest Pension Fund Selects Three ESG Indices for $9 Billion Investments
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund looks to set a global example.
Risk
Eight Largest Pension Systems Will Have $400 Trillion Gap by 2050
World Economic Forum warns of “imperiling the incomes of future generations.”