Pension funds
S Korea pension fund initiates new round of strategic FX hedging to support won
The won sharply reverses course on the news to rally as much as 1.6% to 1,458.0 per dollar
Australian retirement fund to buy A$864 million stake in Westfield Sydney mall
The sale price matches the property’s value in Scentre’s books
India insurance move opens pension firms to 100% foreign holding
The move comes amid a surge in foreign investment in Indian banks and deeper reliance on Indian tech hubs
A shrinking world will turn our problems upside down
The political and economic priorities of a depopulating society could be very different from today’s
UK launches ‘Sterling 20’ club to drum up investment
[LONDON] The British government launched on Monday (Oct 20) a club comprising 20 of the country’s largest pension funds, to try to drum up coordinated backing for local infrastructure, as major pensio...
CPF earns Asia-Pacific’s first A in global ranking of pension systems
“First-class” retirement income systems that are robust, sustainable, deliver good benefits and have a high level of integrity get an A from Mercer
Canadian pension fund La Caisse gears up to invest C$15 billion in Asia-Pacific
Infrastructure is expected to take up C$9 billion while credit and real estate will account for C$3 billion each
Shakeout in private equity weeding out weaker players, says Canadian pension fund chief
PRIVATE equity is undergoing a “structural transformation” where returns are being compressed and a process of “natural selection” is weeding out weaker players, said Charles Emond, president and chie...
Two Australian pensions confirm merger to form A$235 billion fund
The funds have a combined 1.3 million members
World’s biggest pension fund puts impact investing on the agenda
Worldwide, impact-related assets under management stand at almost US$1.6 trillion
