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Financial Health Of Largest U.S. Corporate Pension Plans Surges To Highest Level Since Financial Crisis

Funded status jumped to 96%, up 8 percentage points during 2021, Willis Towers Watson analysis finds.

01.04.22
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DB Plans Should Invest To Achieve Set Objectives In 2022

Protecting funded status, addressing inflation risk, adding value, and more are among suggestions from consultants and asset managers.

01.04.22
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The Right Recipe For Reforming Pensions

Elsa Fornero explains why a highly technical issue is never amenable to purely technocratic solutions.

01.03.22
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As The ETF World Booms, So Do The Risks

A brilliant financial innovation is being pushed to the extremes.

01.03.22
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'Stakes’ Of Activist Investors Need Greater Scrutiny

The real scale of the financial outlay of holdings is often overestimated.

01.03.22
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Record Wave Of Emerging-Market IPOs Meets Investors Wary Of Risk

A record-breaking number of emerging-market companies made their public debuts in 2021, just ahead of what should be a tough year for equity investors.

01.03.22
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NYSTRS Board Adopts Climate Change Action Plan

NYSTRS’ Retirement Board adopted a climate change action plan as an important first step to mitigate climate change risks and opportunities related to the System’s investment portfolio.

01.03.22
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Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Five Points Benefits Solutions

Five Points is an employee benefits consultant and premier regional provider of ancillary benefits, such as life, disability, dental and vision coverages, to public-sector clients throughout Tennessee, as well as in Georgia and Kentucky.

12.23.21
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Missouri State Pension Fund Launches New Attack Against Investment Company

The Missouri State Employees Retirement System filed an amended complaint against Catalyst Capital Group Inc. accusing it of mismanaging investments. The firm counters the fund is trying to shift the blame for its own mismanagement.

12.23.21
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The Investment Manager Of The Future

What does an investment management firm look like when it’s redesigned based on first principles and based on the true “jobs to be done” of an investment manager?

12.22.21