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...In some cases, when anti-ESG and boycott laws passed, public pension fund trustees balked at being forced to move money, saying it would violate their fiduciary duty to put investors first....
...Just $830mn of domestic institutional and banking capital in Africa is invested in climate solutions and clean energy, a fraction of the $1.4tn assets managed by local institutions including pension funds...
...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...
...Barings has raised billions of dollars for its private credit strategy from investors including Staffordshire County Council’s pension fund and a fund that invests the money of Ohio schoolteachers....
...the pension plans of public employees — has already scored wins this proxy season at two big Wall Street banks....
...But that link is incredibly weak, and there’s no sense in which the National Insurance Fund is actually paying for the state pension and the NHS and other welfare benefits....
...Pension fund reforms I now turn to pension fund reforms that will increase the flow of capital going to our most promising growth companies in a way that also improves outcomes for savers....
...Opaque new owners — Macquarie and Blackstone are the other members of the big three — bring in traditional asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies, high net worth individuals and sovereign wealth...
...Republican state treasurers have withdrawn more than $4bn of government pension and treasury funds from the company on the grounds that it “boycotts” fossil fuel....
...ties (FT) CVC raises $800mn loan fund in sign of thaw for corporate borrowers (FT) Investors spend $200mn on ‘worthless’ Bed Bath & Beyond shares (FT) Another nail in the coffin for private sector pension...
...“The trustees are not just passing over a very well recognised and regarded team of individuals, but also the assets of three schemes, and all of their employees....
...Meanwhile Toby Nangle, former global head of asset allocation at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, explains the big collateral call facing pension funds in the UK....
...Virginia pension fund invests in crypto lending in bid to boost returns The $6.8bn Fairfax County Retirement Systems pension fund is looking to boost its returns by investing in crypto lending markets despite...
...welfare”....
...us to fund decent quality public services....
...As the largest public pension fund in the US, it will always get the attention of its fellow state funds, as well asset managers and major corporations....
...This will require significant reforms in the banking sector, as well as in areas outside the government budget (such as pension funds, the national wealth fund and so on)....
...Unlike Blackstone’s buyout funds, which mainly accept investments from large institutions such as pension funds, Breit is geared towards wealthy individual investors, and accepts initial investments as small...
...Omers Private Equity, an arm of the eponymous group that invests the pension fund assets of Ontario’s municipal employees, said on Monday it had acquired a holding in International Schools Partnership, a...
...Private equity giant KKR and Canada’s state pension fund each control billions of dollars and own stakes in hundreds of companies around the world....
...I have a nominal pension in a fund through work, and we of course contribute to our employees’ pensions. Do you believe in giving something back?...
...Moreover, it had sold its stake in Ocado — by transferring it to the company pension fund, which disposed of it in 2010-11, and received £250m by doing so....
...The weak financial condition of the US public pension systems poses severe risks for the living standards of millions of employees and retired workers....
...of public employees and retirees....
...The problem is much less acute where DC funds are managed by a professional board of trustees. Yet, few expect DC plans to deliver better retirement outcomes than DB plans....
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