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Defined Benefit Programs Continue To Disappear In Private Sector

Just 11 percent of private sector workers now have defined benefit retirement plans, which pay amounts based on formulas including service time and salary rates as do the federal FERS and CSRS systems, a report has found.

08.23.19
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Is Impact Investing Growing Too Fast?

Wealth management firms are rushing to grow their environmental, social and governance investing capabilities, introducing high-profile marketing and analytical tools aimed at both advisors and their customers.

08.23.19
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CRPTF Fiscal Year End Numbers Show Progress

HARTFORD, CT ― Today, at the August Investment Advisory Council (“IAC”) meeting, Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden announced the preliminary, unaudited investments results for the Connecticut Retirement Plans and Trust Funds (“CRPTF”) for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, while outlining the comprehensive restructuring measures underway to improve the CRPTF investment returns.

08.23.19
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Canadian Pension Giant Plans Hiring Spree In Asia, Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, one of the world’s biggest pension funds, plans to hire “extensively” in Asia and Europe over the next two years and could shift an extra C$11 billion ($8.3 billion) into infrastructure and other real assets, its chief executive told Reuters

08.22.19
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Buying Divested Assets Stands Out As A Sound M&A Strategy For Creating Shareholder Value In 2019
Based on share price performance, 53% of companies buying carved-out portions of other businesses
08.22.19
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CalPERS Heads Toward Restructuring Investment Committee

The plan’s governance committee gave first approval to a plan that reduces the size of the investment committee and the number of meetings at its Aug. 20 meeting.

08.22.19
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US Corporate DB Pension Funding Falls $11 Billion in July

Funded rate of 100 largest DB corporate plans drops to 87.9% during month.

08.21.19
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DiNapoli: NY State Pension Grows After Shaky Year In Markets

The state pension fund grew by 3.38 percent for the three months ending June 30, outpacing a national measure of 3.27-percent gain for similar funds during a volatile investment period.

08.21.19
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Ontario Teachers’ Net Assets Top $200 Billion In First Half Of 2019

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers’) today announced its net assets reached $201.4 billion as of June 30, 2019, a $10.3 billion increase from December 31, 2018.

08.21.19
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Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World?

Harvard Business School professors Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the efforts of Hiro Mizuno, CIO of GPIF, the Japanese Government Pension Investment Fund, one of the largest pools of capital in the world, to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio.

08.20.19