Market Moves
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund Returns 3.05% in Q2
World’s largest pension fund grows to $1.62 trillion with $47.64 billion quarterly gain and is on pace for its best year ever.
Tag: Pension Funds
Why Wild and Crazy Bitcoin May Become a Pension Portfolio Fixture
Retirement funds and other institutions are gradually warming to cryptocurrencies.
Alternatives
CPPIB Continues to Bulk Up on Renewable Energy
Canadian pension giant invests twice as much in renewable energy in 2020 as it did in 2019.
Pensions
Ohio Teamsters Pension Fund Seeks Benefits Reduction
The Building Material Drivers Local 436 pension plan is expected to run out of money by 2023.
Alternatives
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Invests $350 Million in Indian Private Credit
The fund is teaming up with Indian private debt manager Edelweiss Group.
Asset Management Culture
ESG Becoming the New Normal for European Pensions
The vast majority of pensions now consider the environmental, social, and governance risks to their investments.
Newsmakers
New York Pension Plan Names Navyug Patel Deputy Investment Chief
He is taking the spot vacated by Anastasia Titarchuk, who now is the program’s CIO.
Pensions
New York Common Fund Returns 10% in First Quarter
After maintaining a conservative allocation strategy, the pension fund took the three months ending in June to snatch up some equities.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
New York Common Fund Loses 2.7% in Fiscal Year
The pension plan, which closed its books in March, had incrementally dialed up an allocation to conservative assets.
Coronavirus - COVID-19
Japanese Pension Fund Loses $77 Billion in Fiscal 2019
The world’s largest retirement system is the lowest it’s been valued in roughly three years.
Why Laggard European Stocks Will Overtake Tech-Fueled US Equity
A more united EU, an end to too-expensive FAANG expansion, and lower prices should boost the continent’s returns.
Pensions
Tesla and Walmart Under Pension Fund Fire on Board Pay and Opioid Sales
The automaker has been sued by the Detroit Police and Fire retirement system over big payouts, and the retailer by the Detroit plan and a Norfolk County (Mass.) plan on how it distributes the drug.
Budding Trend: Institutional Investors Focusing Locally
Pandemic-induced economic instability and nationwide protests could spur investments in nearby businesses. Keeping politics out of the equation and ensuring proper diversification are musts.
Lower the Pension Plan Benchmark? Well, Not So Easy
A lot of assumed return rates are unrealistically high. But lowering them can turn a retirement program into a political buzzsaw. Some plans just say no to that idea.
Pensions
California Pension Spiking Case Nears End in Court Showdown
Public sector workers want to strike down a provision that stops them from winning higher benefits in retirement.