Tag: Pension Funds
CDPQ Extends CEO Charles Emond’s Term, Invests in Local Consultant, Japan Solar Plant
Emond, who became CEO in 2020, will remain until at least February 2029.
Ontario Teachers’ Seeks Greater Accountability, Transparency in 2024 Proxy Season
The $184 billion pension giant is asking its portfolio companies to improve their climate-change risk management.
U.S. Large-Cap Equities Drive Mass PRIM’s 11.4% Return in 2023
The Massachusetts state pension fund fell just short of its benchmark, as its asset value grew to more than $100 billion.
Japanese Pension Giant Rebounds in Fiscal Q3
The Government Pension Investment Fund’s investments returned 2.62% during the quarter that ended in December 2023, raising its asset value to more than $1.5 trillion.
Norway’s Pension Fund Global Rebounds in 2023, Still Misses Benchmark
Rallying equities helped the pension giant return 16.1% during the year, but it fell 18 basis points shy of its benchmark.
CDPQ Aims to Save C$100M per Year by Bringing Real Estate Units Into Main Business
The Canadian pension giant is integrating Ivanhoé Cambridge and Otéra Capital, also announcing the April departure of Ivanhoé Cambridge CEO Nathalie Palladitcheff.
Hedge Funds’ Popularity Flags Among Allocators, per Consulting Firm
Institutions will taper off their investments to hedge operators, says Agecroft Partners.
Super Funds Seek to Turn Australia Into ‘Renewable Energy Superpower’
A group representing A$1.2 trillion in assets is calling for reforms and investment on ‘a massive scale.’
Ontario Teachers’ Taps Pierre Cherki to Oversee New Real Estate Team
Cherki will oversee a team of 40 and manage the pension fund’s C$29.3 billion real estate portfolio.
PMT Energy Program Starts With 49 Oil and Gas Firms, Ends With 9
The $80 billion Dutch pension fund defends keeping shares of BP and Shell after 2-year and says talking to companies is often more effective than divestment.
Norges Bank, AP7 Named Co-Lead Plaintiffs in Silicon Valley Bank Lawsuit
The institutional investors lost a combined total of nearly $162 million from investments in the bank’s holding company, SVB Financial Group.
Canada Pension Plan Investments Lose 0.7% in 1st Half of Fiscal 2024
The pension giant also sold a buyout fund portfolio for C$2 billion and German wind assets for C$374 million.
GPIF’s ESG Investments Outperform Tokyo Stock Index
The Japanese government pension giant's ESG funds beat the TOPIX by 160 basis points over a 6-year period.
EDHEC Institute Warns UK Pensions Against Investing in Infrastructure
Report says ‘remarkably poor and unreliable’ data on the asset class is a stumbling block for defined benefit plans.
