Today's top news stories
Willis Towers Watson, Mercer eye DC switches for Dutch staff
Willis Towers Watson will transfer staff to its in-house DC fund, LifeSight, from next year
LAPFF chair Ian Greenwood dies
Bradford Council and local government colleagues pay tribute to chair of Northern Pool and West Yorkshire Pension Fund
Netherlands roundup: Nestlé scheme to replace administrator
Also: Think tank details difficulties in longevity forecasts
Public pension funds push back at criticism of climate strategies
Friends of the Earth claimed some of the UK’s biggest funds were climate change ‘laggards’
AP4 hails financial benefit of tobacco divestment
Swedish pension fund says sector has underperformed by 40% since 2016
Dutch scheme’s retirement modelling tool draws wider interest
Web application enables members to assess options for early retirement and part-time employment
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On the Record: Manager Due Diligence
The suspension of a GAM fund manager has revived the discussion about due diligence. We asked three pension funds how they deal with it
How We Run Our Money: ÄVWL
Christian Mosel, CEO of Ärzteversorgung Westfalen-Lippe, the pension fund for doctors in Germany’s Westphalia-Lippe region, talks about his old-fashioned approach to investment
German Longevity: Are the tables turning?
The rate of increase in life expectancy in Germany appears to be slowing down
Turkey: Rethinking auto-enrolment
Despite generous state incentives in the Turkish auto-enrolment system, opt-out rates are high
Benchmarking: Redefining investment classes
A major GICS index methodology change seeks to reflect underlying market economics
Market approaches nudged off course
Sweden’s experience with the Premium Pension system shows how arduous dismantling of poorly constructed architectures can be
Slowing longevity may be a dip
Demographic trends tend to be outcomes rather than causes of broader social shifts
Small & Mid-Cap Equities: Small-cap effects
Some US smaller companies may benefit from America First policies but others will not
Small Cap Versus Private Equity: Separate arguments
Comparisons of the performance of listed smaller companies and private equity are fraught with difficulty
Guest Viewpoint: Jim Hawley and Jon Lukomnik
It is fitting that we launched our ‘Purpose of Asset Management’ paper in London, not far from 221b Baker Street, the home of the famous fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes.
Long-Term Matters: Disruptive change is coming – which side will you choose?
Paying good pensions is a noble purpose but much less so if investors, inadvertently or otherwise, help create a world that is not worth living in
Long-Term Matters: What world are we creating by saving the world?
The focus of ESG investment has been moving towards the environmental over several years. Topics like green bonds, carbon indices, green ETFs, portfolio carbon footprinting and decarbonisation are making headway
Guest Viewpoint: Amlan Roy
Incorporating changing behaviour and technological trends in retirement planning is essential
Long-term Matters: An apocryphal tale for wannabe climate-aware investors
It is impossible to know how today’s CIOs will look back on their actions in the 2010s. But, we still have time to avert the worst of runaway climate change
