Tag: Thomas DiNapoli

Asset Management Culture September 9, 2020

New York State Pension Increases Employer Contribution Rates

Actuary recommended changes because of increasing life spans and lower-than-expected returns.

Pensions March 11, 2020

NY State Pension, Coca-Cola Reach Executive Pay Deal

Beverage giant promises to bring CEO, employee compensation more in alignment.

Newsmakers June 10, 2019

New York Comptroller Aims to Double Pension Plan’s ESG Funding

DiNapoli seeks to increase the state Common Retirement Fund’s sustainable investments to $20 billion.

Regulation May 24, 2019

Institutional Investors Call for Workplace Disability Inclusion

Only 29% of working age Americans with disabilities are employed.

Newsmakers September 25, 2018

Poultry Pain: NY Comptroller DiNapoli Warns McDonald’s Over Chicken Care

The fast food giant must improve its treatment of chickens, or the state pension fund will sell its $300 million in Golden Arches shares.

Newsmakers April 5, 2018

Comptroller DiNapoli Presses Pollutants on Paris Agreement Goals

NYS Common pulls shareholder requests after DTE Energy, Dominion Energy, and Southwestern Energy comply.

Asset Management Culture March 22, 2018

NYS Common Cracks Down on Corporate Board Diversity

Diversity agreements made with four Fortune 500 companies.

Newsmakers January 31, 2018

NYS Common to Double Low-Emissions Index Exposure

DiNapoli to announce plan at Investors Summit on Climate Risk in NY

Industry White Papers

Optimizing Pension Risk Transfer Timing and Execution Pension risk transfer transaction timing is always important — but now more than ever.

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q3 Update

Investing in Real Estate, Look to New York—Here’s Why Capitalizing on near-term opportunities

2020 Long-term Capital Market Assumptions Q2 Update

Emerging Markets and Covid-19: Crisis or opportunity…or both? 2020 will be a challenging moment for Emerging Markets’ economies. But there will likely be a wide open Emerging Markets “door” that sees governments fall back on privatisation to bridge fiscal holes. In an environment of tight domestic monetary conditions and reduced cross border flows, the buyers of these assets have considerable advantage.

Meditations in an emergency Multi-Asset Strategist Adam Berger discusses the macro and market impact of the coronavirus and offers his "playbook" for the coming weeks and months, including thoughts on rebalancing and opportunistic investments.