Pensions
Largest Corporate Pension Plans Add $22B in May
The funded status of the 100 largest corporate defined benefit pension plans continued rebounding from Q1 drop.
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Pensions
Aon Advises German Pension Clients of Risks to US Assets
The investment consultant recommended corporate pensions stop making new investments in the U.S.
Pensions
How to Evaluate the Options for a Corporate Pension Plan in Surplus
Capital Group’s Colyar Pridgen points out efficient ways to utilize a pension surplus.
Pensions
UK Treasury Provides Guidance on Local Pension Consolidation
The Pension Investment Review aims to consolidate smaller public pension and multiemployer defined contribution pension schemes into ‘megafunds’ to emulate Australian and Canadian investing models.
Asset Allocation
$125B Danish Pension Removes Defense Stocks From Blacklist
PFA, Denmark’s largest pension, will allow investments in select defense companies amidst an increase in European defense spending.
Pensions
Corporate Pensions Were Best-Performing DB Plans in Q1
Fixed-income-heavy portfolios protected against market volatility, while defined benefit plans returned 0.52% overall.
Pensions
Climate Advocacy Group Rates Canada’s Largest Pensions
From CDPQ’s B+ all the way down to AIMCo’s F, Shift graded Canadian pension funds on their decarbonization efforts—or lack thereof.
Pensions
CPP Investments Assets Reach $490B After Big Quarterly Gain
Canada’s largest pension fund returned 3.8% last quarter and has returned 8.6% over the nine-month fiscal year-to-date period.
Pensions
Corporate Pensions Continue Funding Surplus Rise in January
Strong markets, steady discount rates push funded status higher and higher.
Pensions
Global Retirement Assets Reach $58.5T, Led by Defined Contribution Growth
The U.S. remains the biggest market, comprising 65% of AUM, according to the Thinking Ahead Institute.
Pensions
Nest to Acquire 10% Stake in IFM Investors in Alts Buildout
The U.K. pension scheme aims to invest $6.24 billion through IFM by 2030.
Pensions
Canadian Pension Funds Returned 10.6% in 2024
Institutional defined benefit plans returned 1.5% in the year’s fourth quarter, according to Northern Trust.
Newsmakers
UN Pension Seeks Deputy CIO
Applications for the role at the $95 billion Joint Staff Pension Fund’s Office of Investment Management are due by March 8.
Pensions
UK Explores Reforms Allowing Pensions to Invest Surplus Assets
The changes could unlock $200 billion that could be applied to different projects.
Asset Allocation
US Pension Plan Managers Split on Primary Benefit of Private Assets
An Ortec Finance survey sheds light on what pension fund executives expect in the coming years.