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22SepSeptember 22, 2023

Canada pension funds stay committed to India investments amid diplomatic tensions

Amid India-Canada diplomatic tensions, Canadian pension funds have retained their substantial Indian equity holdings, demonstrating a steadfast long-term approach. Market experts believe that Canadian investors continue to show commitment to India, minimising the influence of current tensions on their investments. "Pension funds, known for their long-term investment perspective, typically do not react hastily to such geopolitical events. They maintain a strategic outlook and are likely to wait for developments before making any major adjustments. There's a reasonable expectation that this...

September 22, 2023

NewsCanada, India, Investment

21SepSeptember 21, 2023

Sustainable investing that goes beyond divestment or engagement does most

In the sustainable investing world, motivating companies to do better has happened through two basic strategies: divestment and engagement — and new research shows that using elements of both can accomplish the most. That won’t be news to investment providersand advocacy groups that specialize in sustainable investing — some have spent decades refining ways to prod corporations into action, whether that’s improving environmental practices or treating workers more equitably. But to asset managers that offer only a taste of sustainable...

September 21, 2023

NewsInvestment

20SepSeptember 20, 2023

Netherlands Leads Europe in Green Bonds, While Dutch Pensions Cut Asia Investments in 2022

The Netherlands is the leader among eurozone nations in raising green debt securities, according to data from De Nederlandsche Bank, the central bank of the Netherlands. The Dutch green bond has doubled in size since October 2020, according to the DNB, rising to 122.9 billion euros as of the end of July 2023 and up 21% from one year earlier. In contrast, the overall Dutch bond market contracted 3.4% during that same time. Dutch firms and the Netherlands government are, among European...

September 20, 2023

NewsInvestment, Netherlands

15SepSeptember 15, 2023

Welfare Analysis of Housing in the Presence of Interest Rate Risk

By Servaas van Bilsen, Theo Nijman & Emiliana van Erk We model the welfare losses of (i) the presence of a mortgage with required repayments, (ii) a minimum pension savings constraint, and (iii) imposing a suboptimal investment strategy. We develop a life-cycle model which considers housing and interest rate risk. For a reasonable set of parameter values, we find welfare losses of up to 2.41% (5.02%) if a homeowner with a 30-year fixed-rate (adjustable-rate) mortgage faces a minimum savings constraint of...

September 15, 2023

Articles, Pension design2023, Interest rate, Investment, Risk

11SepSeptember 11, 2023

Top funds see biggest drop since 2008

A rocky market environment that affected all major asset classes saw total assets of the world's top 300 retirement plans record their worst drop since the global financial crisis of 2008, according to the latest annual survey by Pensions & Investments and Willis Towers Watson PLC's Thinking Ahead Institute. Assets of the top 300 retirement plans — including public and corporate pension funds, defined contribution plans and state-owned pension funds — fell 12.9% in 2022 to $20.6 trillion, compared with...

September 11, 2023

News, UncategorizedInvestment, Pension Management

08SepSeptember 8, 2023

Japan’s pension funds to increase allocations to active fixed income

As the Bank of Japan loosens its stranglehold on yields, opening the door for them to rise in a more volatile market environment, Japanese pension funds have started to recognize the merits of actively investing their Japanese fixed-income portfolio, sources said. For instance, the Government Pension Investment Fund, Tokyo, revealed in its annual report in July that it would shift an in-house ¥9.1 trillion ($62 billion) passive domestic bond fund to be actively managed. "The decision to shift the in-house domestic...

September 8, 2023

NewsInvestment, Japan, Pension Management

07SepSeptember 7, 2023

Nigeria’s pension, four other countries collaborate to grow over $70bn assets

Nigeria’s pension sector with assets under management (AUM) in excess of N16.7 trillion, equal to $22.14 billion at of June 2023 is collaborating with four other countries in Africa to grow their over $70 billion market size. The collaboration will enable them to foster the adoption of alternative investments and will focus on green finance, a pivotal driver for bolstering various sectors of the economy. This collaboration on Monday witnessed the launch of the Pan-African Fund Managers’ Association (PAFMA), a new...

September 7, 2023

NewsInvestment, Nigeria, Pension Management

06SepSeptember 6, 2023

Pension fund CPF eyes stake in Africa Finance Corporation

Pension fund CPF Financial Services is set to make an equity investment in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) as it seeks to diversify its investments from traditional asset classes. CPF managing director Hosea Kili made the revelation on Monday even as he remained tight-lipped on the value of its proposed investment in the pan-African lender. “We will discuss the details of the investment including the value of the equity with our fund managers in due course. This is part of our...

September 6, 2023

NewsAfrica, Investment, Pension Management

05SepSeptember 5, 2023

Australian regulator warns pension funds

Australian pension funds need to improve how they value private equity, the sector’s regulator said on Monday after a review into the sector’s treatment of Canva, an Australian technology start-up whose lofty valuation tumbled in 2022. Sydney-headquartered software firm Canva hit a peak valuation of $40bn in late 2021, only to be revised sharply lower to $25.5bn last August amid a downturn in technology stocks. Major funds including Aware Super and Hostplus were investors. The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) on...

September 5, 2023

NewsAustralia, Investment, Regulation

01SepSeptember 1, 2023

Swiss pension funds consider high costs as main obstacle to invest sustainably

Swiss pension funds consider high costs arising from the integration of ESG standards into their investments as the main obstacle for the implementation of an effective sustainability strategy, according to a study consulted by the Swiss government. ESG investments require a certain amount of capital to deploy for research, as those strategies can be carried out internally or through the involvement of external service providers, mandating asset managers or advisors, or via the providers of ESG financial products, for example...

September 1, 2023

NewsESG, Investment, Pension Management, Switzerland

September 2023