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Financial services industry veteran Steve Leathers has launched Leathers Group, a private real estate investment manager focused on medical office and specialty healthcare real estate.
A federal judge in San Francisco has chosen a Hawaii-based pension fund to lead a highly watched case accusing Wells Fargo of shoddy underwriting affecting commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Gov. Tom Wolf was among those calling for greater scrutiny of the state’s largest pension fund.
A bill backed by the Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund underscores the fiscal strains created by Chicago’s pension underfunding.
The fund, offered initially to U.S. investors, will rely upon T. Rowe’s deep fundamental research platform as well as its Responsible Investing team to identify compelling investment opportunities around the world.
Asset managers are failing to provide pension trustees with details of how they oversee investments, causing problems for pensions as they attempt to implement investment policies such as environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns, according to new research from Dalriada Trustees and Minerva Analytics.
Earlier this month, the SEC announced the creation of a new task force to assess the disclosure of Environmental, Sustainability, and Governance, or ESG information.
It reflects amplified institutional access to alternative investment opportunities.
Raised in four months, the oversubscribed fund will invest in high-growth consumer brands.
Just one third (33 per cent) of asset managers were able to provide pension scheme trustees with details of how they had used their influence in voting as investors, according to Dalriada Trustees.
