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NY and NJ Pensions Recover From Crisis?
Elise Young of Bloomberg reports, N.J. Pension Fund Posts 13.31% Return Fiscal Year to Date:New Jersey’s public pension fund returned 13.31 percent over the ten months of the fiscal year that began...
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Japanese Pensions Moving Into Alternatives?
Eleanor Warnock of the WSJ reports, Japanese Pensions Moving Into Alternatives Overseas:Since the Bank of Japan unleashed a massive new easing program last month, European and U.S. investors have...
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Portugal Plunders State Pension Fund?
John Geddie of the International Financing Review reports, Portugal plunders pension fund to tackle debt cliff:The Portuguese government plans to tap nearly all of its state-owned pension fund to ease...
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Ontario Teachers' Shifts Focus on Asia?
Armina Ligaya of the National Post reports, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to open Hong Kong office:The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan says it open up an office in Hong Kong within months, as it pushes...
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Can Hedge Funds Survive Bernanke?
James Greiff of Bloomberg reports, Can Hedge Funds Survive Bernanke?:You have to wonder how long an industry that underperforms the broader market will stay around.Goldman Sachs Group Inc. published a...
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OMERS To Reduce Pension Payouts?
Barbara Shecter of the National Post reports,OMERS considering proposal to reduce pension payouts:Faced with a $10-billion pension-funding deficit, one of Canada’s largest pension funds is considering...
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Caisse Unloading European Properties?
Frederic Tomesco of Bloomberg reports, Caisse de Depot Sells Europe Properties Amid ‘Dark Night’:Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is selling some of its European property and redeploying proceeds...
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The Decline of Dutch Pensions?
Norma Cohen and Matthew Steinglass of the Financial Times report, Yawning deficits force Dutch pension funds to cut payouts:Marianne Keestra, a former teacher in the Dutch city of Haarlem, has seen her...
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Should Pensions Think Like Macro Funds?
Margie Lindsay of Hedge Funds Review reports, Cern Pension chief urges others to ‘think like global macro hedge funds’:CEO of the Cern Pension Fund Theodore Economou says pension funds should use the...
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NYC Pension Chief Faces Huge Hurdles?
Martin Z. Braun and Henry Goldman of Bloomberg report, NYC Pension Chief Seeks $500,000 Managers Not Wall Street:New York City’s $140 billion retirement system pays Wall Street money managers about...
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Japan's GPIF Mulls Shift Into Equities?
Chikafumi Hodo of Reuters reports, Japan public pension mulls shift after stock rally:Japan's public pension fund - a pool of over $1 trillion - is considering a change to its portfolio strategy that...
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Abenomics Targets Japan's Pension Funds?
Taro Fuse and Noriyuki Hirata of Reuters report, Abe to urge review of Japan's public fund strategy:Japan's government is set to urge the nation's public pension funds - a pool of over $2 trillion - to...
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CPPIB Scooping Up Foreign Malls?
Nancy Carr of the Globe and Mail reports, Canada Pension Plan puts malls abroad in its shopping basket:The Canada Pension Plan didn’t become one of the best-funded pension plans in the world – it’s got...
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Is The Bond Selloff For Real?
Sam Jones of the Financial Times reports, Quant hedge funds hit by US bonds sell-off:Some of the world’s biggest quant hedge funds have suffered steep losses in the past two weeks following the...
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Benefits of Canada's Top Ten?
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board released a statement, Canada's Top Ten pension funds help drive national prosperity, landmark study finds: Canada's ten largest public pension funds, dubbed...
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Fallout From GPIF's New Asset Allocation?
Yoshiaki Nohara, Toshiro Hasegawa and Satoshi Kawano of Bloomberg report, Japan’s Pension Fund Cutting Local Bonds to Buy Equities:Japan's public pension fund, the world’s biggest manager of retirement...
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AIMCo, OMERS Going To The Movies?
Gary Lamphier of the Edmonton Journal reports, European movie theatres just the ticket for Alberta pension fund AIMCo: Alberta Investment Management Corporation is taking a bold step into the movie...
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BT Pension Prepares For Inflation?
Mark Cobley of Dow Jones Financial News reports, BT Pension Scheme prepares for inflation rise:The UK’s biggest pension fund, the £39bn BT Pension Scheme, plans to increase its investments in...
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Fears of Fed Tapering Overblown?
Marc Jones of Reuters reports, Global shares pummeled, dollar slumps as rout gathers pace:World stocks were pummeled and the dollar slumped on Thursday as a sell-off on global financial markets in...
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When The Pension Crisis Hits Home?
Steve Hawkes of the Telegraph reports, A million over 65s are still in work as pension crisis hits home:Official job figures on Wednesday showed that nearly one-in-ten “pensioners” were still employed...
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