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38% of U.S. institutional investors incorporating ESG into investment decisions: survey

bwolfe — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:00:29 +0000

Roughly two-fifths (38 per cent) of U.S. institutional investors say they incorporate environmental, social and governance factors into investment decisions, according to a new survey by Callan. The survey — which polled roughly 90 institutional investors, including public and corporate defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, as well as endowments and foundations — found […]

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A look at designing and implementing long-term pension investment mandates

mschmit — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:13:24 +0000

With any pension investment, plan sponsors must follow the same steps: set a policy, select asset managers and ensure strong governance, monitoring and evaluation. Pension funds can take additional steps to better embed long-term principles throughout the entire investment cycle, according to a working paper by Alfred Slager, a professor of pension fund management at […]

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Time for more focus on qualitative characteristics when selecting managers

mschmit — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 05:29:33 +0000

It’s no surprise that investors can’t rely on past performance when picking a manager for tomorrow, but it remains a key driver for many investment decisions, according to a new paper by Mercer. “Despite the ever-present health warning that ‘past performance is no guide to future performance,’ there are plenty of theories in behavioural finance […]

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Manager Hires/Fires Show Short-term Thinking

mschmit — Tue, 25 May 2010 05:49:30 +0000

Patterns show institutions following hot money, not long-term.

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