WTW appointing Craig Baker chief investment strategist, Jon Pliner global CIO
Baker and Pliner will assume their new roles, effective Apr. 1.
David Kubik
Funded ratio of U.S. corporate pension plans declines 1.2% in February: report
Overall, the funded status of plans listed in Milliman’s index dropped by $13 billion in February.
OPTrust reports annual return of 9.6% in 2024, highlights gold as a key exposure
The fund’s risk management portfolio produced the strongest returns of 33.9%, largely driven by its exposure to gold.
Group of NY state senators asking comptroller to begin divesting state pension fund from Tesla
The letter noted Tesla’s volatile stock performance may pose an “increasingly perilous and financially unsustainable risk” to the pension fund.
Returns of 9.9% driven by domestic equities for Arkansas Public Employees
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7 drove the plan’s returns, as the plan prepares to review its international
equity portfolio.
Iowa PERS seeks core and core plus equity RE managers
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deadline to submit proposals is April 18, 2025
Sampension’s CIO on investing in complex credit structures for alpha
The fund’s AUM has almost tripled under CIO
Henrik Olejasz Larsen since 2007.
HOOPP reports 9.7% return in 2024, buoyed by public, private equities
Jeff Wendling, the HOOPP’s CEO who is set to retire at the end of March, said the return was supported by solid performances in both public and private equity markets, including results from the plan’s infrastructure investments, alongside absolute return strategies.
OMERS taps Alexander Fraser to lead private equity team
Fraser joins the C$138.2bn pension plan from 65 Equity Partners US, where he was a founding partner of a multi-billion-dollar global PE initiative sponsored by Temasek.
