Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...Its investors include state pension schemes in California, Texas, Florida and Iowa as well as investment funds in Canada, Australia and across Europe....
...The move is expected to be part of a wider range of measures designed to encourage pension fund investment in so-called “productive finance” or areas that can help boost economic growth....
...Last week, the Financial Times reported the UK was preparing to unveil a new investment vehicle overseen by the state intended to turbocharge pensions funds’ investments in high-growth private companies....
...Led by pension funds and endowments, big investors sold 99 per cent of their private equity holdings at or below their net asset value on the secondary market last year, according to Jefferies, the most...
...to cut interest rates more slowly than other major central banks....
...Already the federal government has to subsidise Germany’s statutory pension fund to the tune of €110bn a year — almost a quarter of the entire state budget....
...The Ombudsman investigated complaints that the DWP had failed to provide accurate, adequate and timely information about areas of state pension reform since 1995....
...Canada’s federal government wants its largest pension funds to invest more in domestic companies, and is hiring the former governor of the central bank to entice them....
...UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt has paved the way for the state pension triple lock to last until the end of the decade, after confirming that the Conservatives would include a pledge to keep it in their election...
...The state pension was a key concern for officials attending the Trades Union Congress (TUC) meeting. Delegates called for planned increases in the state pension age to be scrapped....
...The damage was particularly acute in LDI pooled funds, which are managed for mainly smaller pension funds....
...As always, thank you for reading. — Patrick Temple-West Sustainable investing Australian pension fund broadens investments amid uncertainty One of Australia’s largest pension funds is broadening its sustainable...
...California’s Calpers as well as state funds in Wisconsin and Texas are among the large funds already using leverage as part of their strategies....
...A dashboard allows a saver to see all their pensions in one place, with every pension scheme connected to a central hub....
...Nest, the state-backed workplace pension fund with £33bn under management, said it was reluctant to expand its UK investments into early-stage companies, which had the potential for higher returns but also...
...The central role played by these “liability-driven” investment strategies was underlined by the gilt crisis in 2022, when a wave of forced selling by pension funds sent the market into freefall....
...cash into areas that help economic growth....
...Hielkema said any pan-EU scheme would need to be carefully calibrated to make sure individual states are pulling their weight on adaptation measures, among other considerations....
...Centralising supervision is “not in the best interests of all member states and certainly not in the best interests of smaller member states”, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said on Thursday....
...Ailman, who has served as CIO of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System since 2000, announced his retirement at a board investment committee meeting on Thursday....
...BlackRock’s LifePath Paycheck, which rolls out in April, also combines target date funds with annuities, but the guaranteed payments can start sooner, allowing participants to keep the rest of their pension...
.... — Kenza Bryan Climate-related Legal risk The tough question facing pension funds It was not the most festive of Christmas cards....
...Police have shut down an area in central Paris and arrested a man who appeared to be armed and had entered the consulate of Iran....
...investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and central banks....
International Edition