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Debate about pension fund’s divesting due to ESG issues heats up in Oregon

mdunne — Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:00:18 +0000

Oregon’s state employee retirement fund is coming under increased scrutiny as the U.S. state is facing increased calls for divestment from companies that have environmental, social and governance issues. Oregon residents are increasingly pushing for the state to divest from fossil fuel companies and other controversial investments, but the state treasury is resisting and putting […]

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Ohio retirement fund suing Facebook over investment loss

mdunne — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 20:00:50 +0000

Ohio’s largest public employee pension fund is suing Facebook — now known as Meta — alleging that it broke U.S. federal securities law by purposely misleading the public about the negative effects of its social platforms and the algorithms that run them. The lawsuit by the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System specifically claims that Facebook buried inconvenient findings […]

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Canada’s public pension system places 12th in ranking of 43 countries: report

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 16:00:17 +0000

Canada ranks 12th out of 43 countries for its pension system, according to a new report by Mercer and the CFA Institute. The countries in the report were ranked on the adequacy and integrity of their pension systems and the sustainability of pension investments. Overall, Canada received a grade of 69.8 — 8.8 points above the […]

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DC pension members prioritizing remuneration, ESG resolutions: survey

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 14 Sep 2021 16:00:54 +0000

Governance-related resolutions are receiving more overall votes from defined contribution pension plan members, but environmental issues are more engaging on a vote-per-measure basis, according to a new survey by two U.K.-based organizations. The study, by asset management firm Legal and General Investment Management Ltd. and fintech company Tumelo, found measures related to all levels of […]

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AIMCo, Alberta Teachers’ sign investment management agreement

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 13:30:36 +0000

The Alberta Investment Management Corp. has reached an investment management agreement with the Alberta Teachers’ Retirement Fund Board following a protracted period of negotiation. The agreement will see the Alberta Teachers’ assets, valued at $19.1 billion in its 2020 annual report, transferred to the custody of the AIMCO. According to Rod Matheson, the Alberta Teachers’ […]

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Phishing and ransomware risks on the rise for pension funds, says expert

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 02 Sep 2021 17:30:11 +0000

Phishing and ransomware attacks are among the top threats to pension plan sponsors and institutional investors by cyber criminals, according to Jennifer Williams, director of information security at the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan. “A common approach by cyber criminals begins with a simple phishing email designed to cause an employee to mistakenly action the […]

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NL Supreme Court rules for pension member super-priority for normal costs in bankruptcies

Gideon Scanlon — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:30:58 +0000

Pension plan members have super-priority when it comes to normal costs but not to special costs owed to bankrupted plans, the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador finds in a recent ruling. In the case, Anthony Capital Corporation (Re), between the trustees of the defunct Anthony Capital Corp.’s executive pension plan and representatives for the […]

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CIA updating guidance for pension windup, solvency valuations

bwolfe — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 13:00:41 +0000

The Canadian Institute of Actuaries is updating its process for releasing guidance regarding assumptions for hypothetical pension windup and solvency valuations. For quarterly guidance relating to periods from March 31 to Dec. 30, June 30 to Dec. 30 and Sept. 30 to Dec. 30, an explanatory report providing supporting material will be issued after the […]

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Canada’s pension plan sponsors prioritizing governance, but more work to be done: survey

bwolfe — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:00:57 +0000

While the majority of Canadian pension and retirement savings plan sponsors view governance as a top priority, 24 per cent said they haven’t conducted a review of their governance policy in the past three years, according to a new survey by Aon. It found 21 per cent of respondents identified “outdated or inefficient plan governance […]

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FSRA issuing guidance on pension plan administrator responsibilities

bwolfe — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 13:00:38 +0000

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario is releasing final interpretation guidance to support the role and responsibilities of pension plan administrators. The guidance, an updated and consolidated version of four previous documents, said the administrator’s role includes responsibility for implementing processes to ensure pension plan risks — such as investment, funding, operational and legal — […]

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