Pension Management Archives - Page 6 of 16 - Pension Policy International

25NovNovember 25, 2022

Global top 300 pension funds

By Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments Pension fund industry trends Growth headwinds test financial and sustainability mandate resilience Has the macro reality shifted from ‘lower-for-longer’ to ‘end-of-cheap-money’? The last decade’s fear of deflation has been replaced by significantly higher inflation. A steep rate hike cycle has led to more interest rate volatility and is placing pressure on pension funds to deliver sufficient risk-adjusted returns. Pension funds are expected to face elevated macro uncertainty over the short term. The industry has...

November 25, 2022

Books, Books, Pension Management2022, Investment, Pension Management

22NovNovember 22, 2022

P&I Research Center. Public Pension Plan Benchmarks

Prepared by: Valerie Ge, CFA Research Analyst This report intends to provide insights into the overall and asset class benchmarks selected by the 50 largest U.S. public defi ned benefi t plans. The top 50 plans are selected based on their reported U.S. DB asset totals in Pensions & Investments’ 2021 survey. Eleven out of 50 plans did not disclose enough detailed information, and 10 plans had a fi scal year ended other than June 30. Insights into the overall and...

November 22, 2022

Books, Books, Pension Management, Public Pensions, Reports2022, Pension Management, Public Pensions, US

21OctOctober 21, 2022

P&I Research Center. Pension Risk Transfer

By Valerie Ge Over the past 12 months through June, $57.4 billion in liabilities were involved in pension risk transfer deals. Pension buyout transactions reached $25.3 billion, or 44.1% of the total, followed by buy-ins of $23.2 billion, 40.4%, and longevity swaps of $7.5 billion, or 13.1% of the total. Buyout transactions increased 93.3% from $2.9 billion in the fi rst quarter but buy-in transactions declined to $2.4 billion from $7.3 billion. Source: @s3 prod pionline 328 views

October 21, 2022

Books, Books, Pension Management, Reports, System Characterization2022, Regulation, Risk transfer, savings, US

14OctOctober 14, 2022

Herd Behaviour of Pension Funds by Asset Class

By Jacob Antoon Bikker & Ian Koetsier This study investigates asset herd behaviour for Dutch pension funds from 1999 to 2014 using quarterly data. We find herd behaviour for investments in twenty asset classes including non-traditional asset classes, and to both purchasing and selling. Pension funds’ herd behaviour is particularly high in alternative investments, which might increase herding in general, as pension funds move their portfolio towards these assets in recent years. Herding intensity is higher during stock market crises,...

October 14, 2022

Articles, Pension Management2022, Investment, Returns, Risk

14OctOctober 14, 2022

Liability Driven Investment and Asset Allocation inspired by JPM LTCMA

By Eddy H. Verbiest A white-box deterministic system simulates long-term LDI cashflows using as input J.P.Morgan Long Term Capital Market Assumptions adapted to make them interest rate dependent. Trading, coupons and dividends provide cashflows to pay liabilities and extract excess cash to stakeholders while maintaining the allocation weights and target lifes. Performance is measured by FixPct: the annually extractable Fixed Percentage of remaining liabilities to run-off to zero. This measure summarizes the interplay of drivers over many decades and allows...

October 14, 2022

Articles, Investment, Pension Management2022, Investment, Risk

06OctOctober 6, 2022

Pension funds in sub-Saharan Africa

By Owen Nyang`oro & Githinji Njenga The population structure the world over is going through a demographic shift, and the elderly proportion is projected to increase with population growth. This change is a matter of concern for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, where the majority of the people are young and the rates of both population growth and unemployment are high. A good pension system provides elderly assistance and is a source of savings for long-term investment. The pension systems in...

October 6, 2022

Articles, Pension Management, Savings2022, Africa, Labor Market, Social Protection

30SepSeptember 30, 2022

Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited. Annual Report and Accounts 2021

By Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited PIC is a specialist insurer which has become a leader in the UK pension risk transfer market by focusing on our purpose: to pay the pensions of our current and future policyholders. We aim to balance the interests of all our stakeholders – policyholders, employees, shareholders, regulators and others – with excellence in customer service at the heart of what we do. Source @PensionCorporation 309 views

September 30, 2022

Books, Books, Pension Management2021, Investment, Risk, UK

26AugAugust 26, 2022

ESG and Private Market Assets: UK, EU, and Australian Investors Shifting the Trillions (2022 – 2026)

By M. Nicolas J. Firzli, Nick Sherry & Guan Seng Khoo The co-authors of the article, are amongst the original coiners of term such as “infrastructure as an asset class” and “pension superpowers.” They also predicted, at the onset of the Covid Crisis, that a “historic realignment on the asset allocation front is happening precisely at the moment when ESG is moving centre stage: even in once staunchly neoliberal jurisdictions like Texas, Alaska or Switzerland, the smart money is betting on...

August 26, 2022

Articles, Investing, Pension Management2022, Climate crisis, ESG

05AugAugust 5, 2022

Investment results for 1Q of fiscal 2022(update report)

By GPIF Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) manages the public pension fund in the long term and its investment results should be assessed in the same manner. In addition to the annual report, which is legally required, GPIF publishes the quarterly update report to enhance the transparency to the public. Please note that returns, which are marked to market as of the end of each quarter, include unrealized gains and losses and are influenced by the market trends. Get the report here...

August 5, 2022

Books, Pension Management2022, Investment, Japan, Returns

05AugAugust 5, 2022

The Essential Book of Corporate Governance

By G. N. Bajpai This book helps organizations to maximize wealth creation, build enduring relationships with stakeholders and be a net contributor to the economies of operated geographies. Based on extensive research, CXO interviews and case studies, the book assists companies to develop their own governance best practices. Get the book here 282 views

August 5, 2022

Books, Pension Management2017, Corporate Governance

November 2022

Global top 300 pension funds

P&I Research Center. Public Pension Plan Benchmarks

October 2022

P&I Research Center. Pension Risk Transfer

Herd Behaviour of Pension Funds by Asset Class

Liability Driven Investment and Asset Allocation inspired by JPM LTCMA

September 2022

Pension Insurance Corporation Group Limited. Annual Report and Accounts 2021

August 2022

ESG and Private Market Assets: UK, EU, and Australian Investors Shifting the Trillions (2022 – 2026)

Investment results for 1Q of fiscal 2022(update report)

The Essential Book of Corporate Governance