More than two decades have passed since the arrival of complementary pension provision in Italy, which brought with it a massive regulatory overhaul. bfinance spoke with Salvatore Casabona to

With around 15% of the portfolio in ‘liquid alternatives’ such as hedge funds and a full 45% in ‘alternative investments,’ the £14 billion (US$17 billion) TfL Pension Fund has made

Italy's ecosystem of banking-originated Foundations is unique in the financial world. Created as part of a major banking system reform in 1990, these entities—which became the shareholders of

At the end of 2022, the Canada Post pension plan joined the growing list of pension funds across the country whose highly funded status has caused the regulator to instruct a mandatory

Martha Brindle, Director, Public Markets at bfinance sat down with Flora Gaber, Head of ESG Analysis at AP7, part of the Swedish Public Pension agency which manages around $80 billion, to discuss

Less than a decade after the removal of capital controls that banned pension funds from investing assets overseas, Iceland is now achieving international recognition for the strength and health

Next month will mark five years since Velliv (formerly Nordea Liv and Pension, Denmark) left its parent company—the banking group Nordea—to forge a new identity as a member-owned pension

When it comes to selecting and working with external asset managers, larger asset owners have a dual responsibility—says Majdi Chammas of Första AP-Fonden (AP1), one of Sweden’s four pension

Pension fund CIOs often enter their roles wanting to be agents of change, bringing new strategies and new perspectives to their institutions.

When Storebrand first established a sustainable investment team in the mid-1990s, ESG investing still represented largely uncharted territory, with little external data available.

With investors honing in on the potential for greater operational efficiency, external fund hosting services are becoming increasingly popular, with a diverse range of banks, asset managers and

In 2019, RPMI Railpen insourced the majority of factor investing strategies in its equity management programme. It is the latest milestone in a five-year journey towards understanding value for

With new factor-based risk models for both investments and liabilities, Amonis OFP carried off the gong for best Risk Management at the most recent IPE Awards. What sets this