Jim Simons, the « Michael Jordan » of finance retires
Jim Simons has officially announced his retirement, leaving the reins of "Medallion Fund" - without doubt one of the greatest performing management funds in history - in the hands of his two co-successors, Peter Brown and Robert (...)
CalPERS Adopts Funding Risk Mitigation Policy to Rein in Risk and Volatility in Pension System
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) today adopted a funding risk mitigation policy that will incrementally lower the discount rate in years of good investment returns, help pay down the pension fund’s unfunded liability, and provide greater (...)
Lyxor is to switch key European, Global and US ETFs to physical replication, in a drive to continuously improve the quality of replication for investors. Following the switch, Lyxor will have more than half of its assets (€25bn) in physical replication, making it the third (...)
Greater Manchester Pension Fund and LPFA infrastructure programme makes first investment
Greater Manchester & London Infrastructure Limited (GLIL), a £500m infrastructure investment joint venture between Greater Manchester Pensions Fund and the London Pensions Fund Authority, has committed £60m towards funding the construction and operation of British (...)
The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced that it will begin to engage thermal coal companies in its investment portfolio on climate change risks as a first step required by Senate Bill 185, authored by Senator Kevin de Leon, and signed by (...)
Mirova, a subsidiary of Natixis Asset Management dedicated to responsible investment, has received the Novethic Green Fund Label 2015 for its fund Mirova Green Bond - Global. Mirova Green Bond - Global has thereby become the first green bond fund awarded the Novethic (...)