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08AugAugust 8, 2022

Australia is a nation of ‘accidental investors’. Is it time for more scrutiny of the superannuation system?

Margaret Thatcher sought to convert Britain from a nation of shopkeepers to one of shareholders. Compulsory superannuation and low rates – until recently – on traditional bank deposits have converted most Australians into accidental investors. Beginning in the 1980s, retirement arrangements changed from defined benefits (an inflation-indexed pension based on your final salary, paid by employers or government in return for regular contributions) to defined contribution schemes (at retirement you receive your and the employer’s payments, plus investment returns). Today, Australian...

August 8, 2022

News2022, Australia, Investment

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

Pensions, Crypto, And Trust: Digital Assets And Retirement Funds

Retirement planning is the primary objective of retail investors. Indeed, 47% of respondents in the 2022 CFA Institute Investor Trust Study indicated saving for retirement was their most important investment goal. Yet the conventional pathway to retirement savings - the traditional stock and bond portfolio - is not as effective as it used to be. Weaker diversification, declining real returns, and rising inflation all present major challenges to both defined benefit and defined contribution (DC) pension funds. As funds struggle...

August 5, 2022

News2022, Cryptocurrency, Investment, Pension Management

05AugAugust 5, 2022

Green bonds poised for revival after shaky start to 2022 — report

Green bond issuance got off to a shaky start in 2022, but picked up in the second quarter, according to data from the Climate Bonds Initiative published on Thursday . The investor-focused non-profit organization promotes large-scale investment in the low-carbon economy. It screens self-labeled green bonds, including green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition labeled debt. In the first half of 2022, issuance of bonds aligned with international climate targets reached a combined volume of $417.8 billion, a 27% drop from the...

August 5, 2022

News2022, Climate crisis, ESG, Investment

04AugAugust 4, 2022

Kenya. Risk-averse pension schemes bag higher returns

Pension funds that eschew risk are reaping the benefits of their conservative approach to investments, outperforming their more aggressive peers whose returns are being dented by bigger exposure to underperforming equities and offshore assets. Conservative schemes, which on average allocate over 80 percent of their assets under management to risk-free, stable yielding government securities, recorded a return of 2.9 percent in the year to June 2022, industry analysis done by fund administrator Zamara shows. Schemes with a moderate approach to investment,...

August 4, 2022

News2022, Investment, Kenya, Pension Management

03AugAugust 3, 2022

Africa’s Largest Asset Manager PIC Leads Pension Funds Investing in Continent’s Infrastructure via AFC

In a significant milestone for African pension capital being deployed for domestic infrastructure and industrial development, the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), Africa’s largest asset manager, with over US$150 billion in assets under management, plans an inaugural investment in the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading infrastructure solutions provider. Read also Kenya. Risk-averse pension schemes bag higher returns PIC has given formal notification to make a US$100 million equity investment in the AFC. The approved investment from the South African pension...

August 3, 2022

News2022, Africa, Investment

02AugAugust 2, 2022

UK. Oxford, FCA team up on sustainable finance lab

The U.K.'s Financial Conduct Authority is partnering with the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group on an innovation lab for ESG practitioners and regulators. Announced July 20, the Oxford Sustainable Finance Lab is scheduled to open in the fall at Oxford University in England. Oxford researchers will spend time with practitioners from financial institutions, regulators, central banks, government departments and professional organizations. The goal is "nurturing interactions between different parts of the financial system and (to) break down barriers between them, providing a...

August 2, 2022

News2022, ESG, Investment, Regulation

02AugAugust 2, 2022

The evolution of sustainability in equity investing

Equity as an asset class has a long history rooted in sustainability and shareholder engagement. Even in the 19th century, equity investors used voting and engagement to influence how companies behave. Efficient use of capital, dividend policy, and strategy were typically on the agenda. In the 1970s, equity investors started considering ethical values, triggered by global abhorrence of South Africa’s apartheid regime. In the nineties, initial ethical screenings expanded to embed environmental, social and governance factors in capital market decisions....

August 2, 2022

News2022, ESG, Investment

02AugAugust 2, 2022

Canada’s CPPIB turns attention to stocks in hunt for value

Canada's $421 billion state pension fund has shifted its attention toward public equities from private deals after a sell-off in the first half boosted valuations, according to its top executive. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is one of the world's largest institutional investors in private equity, with more than $100 billion invested directly in private companies and through funds. But in recent months, "we've been active in the public equity space, even in places like infrastructure and real estate," CEO...

August 2, 2022

NewsCanada, Investment, Pension Management

01AugAugust 1, 2022

U.S. 6-month period brings financial storm for many

Defined contribution money managers, like their plan sponsor clients and the millions of U.S. workers who save for retirement with them, are navigating a much different world in mid-2022 than they did at the end of 2021. "Certainly, these six months have been very different than last year and the year before, which is really quite a statement when you think that in the last two years we were in the middle of a pandemic," said Anne F. Ackerley, New...

August 1, 2022

News2022, Investment, US

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