Global Pensions Update: September 2021
Top Recent Papers on Global Pensions
Post-pandemic market moves fuelled by a glut of liquidity finds most pension funds with much better funding ratios than they had a year ago. That said, asset owners still face a range of challenges, not least that of climate change, arguably the next most pressing problem to resolve.
This selection of recent pension-related content that has appeared on Savvy Investor features the adoption and integration of ESG and climate risk frameworks into portfolios as well as post-Covid stress tests for U.S. public pensions. Stronger pension funding ratios give some funds the flexibility to venture further afield in search of investment returns, with emerging markets among those being considered.???
RECENT PENSION AND ASSET OWNER INSIGHTS
This paper from BCG illustrates how keen some asset owners are to sign up to net-zero portfolios, while others are seeking to have an influence via the adoption of impact investing frameworks.
For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in certain geographies
Invesco suggests that a significant minority of U.S. pension funds are more optimistic about investing in emerging markets, though these investors are outweighed by those with a negative or cautious view on the asset class.
For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the United States
After a year of navigating uncharted terrain, public pensions entered 2021 looking ahead to a post-pandemic recovery, but the far-reaching implications of Covid-19 on governments has added additional pressures for plans to generate adequate investment performance.
For compliance reasons, this paper is not accessible in the United States
Amundi highlights several recent weather events and suggests that the proximity of the COP26 conference may be a good place to engender real change to the climate crisis. They note that pension investors, as significant global asset owners, have a significant role to play.
For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the UK
PLSA’s document outlines the current state of the UK DC market following the recent Department for Work and Pensions report into further consolidation and how it might affect pension savers.
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This paper from the Pensions Policy Institute looks at the potential impact on members of an accelerated closure of DB schemes.
The authors of this paper introduce a framework to better align the interests of asset owners with asset managers by determining optimal asset strategies across asset classes.
Greenwich Associates notes the commitment to the UN Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) and ponders the challenges faced by institutions in integrating ESG criteria into existing processes and portfolios.
For compliance reasons, this paper is only accessible in the United States
This paper suggests that U.S. state pension funds should undergo stress testing to better inform retirement systems and state budgets about potential liabilities and costs.
Nissay outlines the difficulties that asset owners and consultants have in finding consistent outperforming managers, introduces some aspects of multi-asset portfolio management and offers suggestions as to how asset owners might improve portfolios.
UPCOMING VIRTUAL EVENT
PLSA's Annual Conference is a virtual event this year and the programme covers the economic, political, and social environment, current practical and technical challenges for pension funds, and key trends of the future for the industry.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andrew Perrins is a former Actuary and Asset Allocator. After qualifying as an Actuary, he worked for 15 years in investment management, serving as Director of Asset Allocation for Abbey Life and for Chase Manhattan, before setting out on a more entrepreneurial path.
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