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08MayMay 8, 2020

Pandemic Blots One Year’s Worth of Gains from Canadian Plans

The coronavirus pandemic has wiped about a year’s worth of gains from Canadian pension plans, BNY Mellon said Monday. Corporate, public, and university retirement funds lost a median 7.23% in the first quarter ending in March, according to the financial services firm. Over the past 12 months, marked by strong advances up until 2020, that represented a 1.13% loss. But pensions overall still gained about 7.24% annually over the past decade. Results from the report were drawn from...

May 8, 2020

News, Slider2020, Canada, Investment

07MayMay 7, 2020

Swedish pension giant joins risk transfer market

Alecta, a Swedish pension fund manager, has announced it will be working alongside Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM in the risk transfer market, taking 30% of deals PGGM invests in. PGGM is the largest single investor in significant risk transfer deals, growing a €5bn book which references €70bn of portfolios, and advocating to regulators and others for the benefits of the market.It is one of the only pension funds regularly active as a direct investor in... Read More @Global Capital

May 7, 2020

News2020, Investment, Sweden

07MayMay 7, 2020

S. Korea’s NPS joins int’l buyout of Portuguese toll roads operator Brisa

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) joined Dutch pension manager APG Asset Management and Swiss Life Asset Managers for multi-billion dollar acquisition of a combined 81.1 percent stake in Portugal’s leading toll roads operator Brisa – Auto-Estradas de Portugal (Brisa). The consortium in the biggest-ever Portuguese buyout amidst an ongoing virus pandemic will assume 40.55 percent from London-based Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 1 (Arcus) and another 40.55 percent from Portuguese conglomerate Jose de Mello Group (JdM), according to...

May 7, 2020

News2020, Asia, Investment, South Korea

07MayMay 7, 2020

Swedish pension giant joins risk transfer market

Alecta, a Swedish pension fund manager, has announced it will be working alongside Dutch healthcare pension fund PGGM in the risk transfer market, taking 30% of deals PGGM invests in. PGGM is the largest single investor in significant risk transfer deals, growing a €5bn book which references €70bn of portfolios, and advocating to regulators and others for the benefits of the market.It is one of the only pension funds regularly active as a direct investor in... Read More @Global Capital

May 7, 2020

News, SliderInvestment, Sweden

07MayMay 7, 2020

S. Korea’s NPS joins int’l buyout of Portuguese toll roads operator Brisa

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) joined Dutch pension manager APG Asset Management and Swiss Life Asset Managers for multi-billion dollar acquisition of a combined 81.1 percent stake in Portugal’s leading toll roads operator Brisa – Auto-Estradas de Portugal (Brisa). The consortium in the biggest-ever Portuguese buyout amidst an ongoing virus pandemic will assume 40.55 percent from London-based Arcus European Infrastructure Fund 1 (Arcus) and another 40.55 percent from Portuguese conglomerate Jose de Mello Group (JdM), according to industry...

May 7, 2020

News, Slider2020, Asia, Investment, South Korea

05MayMay 5, 2020

White House Makes Appointments That Could Impact Pension Fund Decision to Invest in China

The White House on Monday named three nominees to sit on a board that oversees federal employee pension funds, a move that could see the reversal of a decision to allow one of the funds to invest in Chinese companies under scrutiny from Washington. If confirmed by the Senate, the three individuals would sit on the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) which administers the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP), a retirement savings fund similar to a 401(k) for federal...

May 5, 2020

News, Slider2020, China, Investment, US

01MayMay 1, 2020

ATP, PFA assets plummet as coronavirus hits

ATP, Hilleroed, Denmark, posted a -26% investment return for the three months ended March 31, as market fluctuations hit international equities and inflation-related securities. An update Thursday said the pension fund's return was equal to a 24.7 billion Danish kroner ($3.6 billion) loss, compared with a gain of 16.8 billion kroner for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The fourth quarter 2019 return was not available. Assets increased 0.4% to 889.5 billion kroner in the three months ended...

May 1, 2020

News, Slider2020, Investment, Pension Management

30AprApril 30, 2020

Japan’s GPIF Seeking Active and Passive Managers for Foreign Bonds

The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in Japan is aggressively seeking active and passive managers of foreign bonds to diversify its portfolio beyond low-paying Japanese bonds. The world’s largest pension fund is seeking broad asset managers with access to various benchmarks, such as corporate high yield indexes, emerging market indices, and aggregate indexes, the GPIF said. On Monday, the pension fund also said it is considering appointing a new fund of fund (FoF) manager for infrastructure assets in emerging...

April 30, 2020

News2020, Asia, Investment, Japan

30AprApril 30, 2020

Pension Fund Industry in Mexico: Analyzing the S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Index Series across Different Economic Crises

By Jaime Merino This article is reprinted from the Indexology blog of S&P Dow Jones Indices. It is unnecessary to give an update on today’s economic situation since most already have a wealth of information over the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic. I will instead focus on another major concern: how have pension funds performed, and furthermore, are there similarities in how they have performed during other crises? After the S&P/BMV IPC dropped 16.38% from its highest monthly return posted...

April 30, 2020

Articles, Slider2020, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Investment, Pension Management

30AprApril 30, 2020

Japan’s GPIF Seeking Active and Passive Managers for Foreign Bonds

The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) in Japan is aggressively seeking active and passive managers of foreign bonds to diversify its portfolio beyond low-paying Japanese bonds. The world’s largest pension fund is seeking broad asset managers with access to various benchmarks, such as corporate high yield indexes, emerging market indices, and aggregate indexes, the GPIF said. On Monday, the pension fund also said it is considering appointing a new fund of fund (FoF) manager for infrastructure assets...

April 30, 2020

News, Slider, Uncategorized2020, Asia, Investment, Japan

May 2020

Pandemic Blots One Year’s Worth of Gains from Canadian Plans

Swedish pension giant joins risk transfer market

S. Korea’s NPS joins int’l buyout of Portuguese toll roads operator Brisa

Swedish pension giant joins risk transfer market

S. Korea’s NPS joins int’l buyout of Portuguese toll roads operator Brisa

White House Makes Appointments That Could Impact Pension Fund Decision to Invest in China

ATP, PFA assets plummet as coronavirus hits

April 2020

Japan’s GPIF Seeking Active and Passive Managers for Foreign Bonds

Pension Fund Industry in Mexico: Analyzing the S&P/BMV Mexico Target Risk Index Series across Different Economic Crises

Japan’s GPIF Seeking Active and Passive Managers for Foreign Bonds