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Reporter Ed Mendel covered the California Capitol in Sacramento for nearly three decades, most recently for the San Diego Union-Tribune. More stories are at Calpensions.com. A Secure Choice lawyer thinks private-sector employees can still be automatically enrolled in the new state retirement savings plan, even if the Republican-controlled Congress repeals a regulation exempting state savings … Continue reading California Payroll Retirement Savings Plan Can Take Hit

Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. The Canadian Press reports, Liberals tap former pension fund CEO to help build new infrastructure bank: The former head of one of the country’s largest pension funds is being tapped to help build a new … Continue reading Jim Leech Tapped For Infrastructure Bank?

Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Bruce Einhorn and Heejin Kim of Bloomberg report, A Scandal at Korea’s Retirement Giant: With 546 trillion won ($456.5 billion) in assets, South Korea’s public National Pension Service is the world’s third-largest pension fund, behind … Continue reading Scandal at Korea’s Retirement Giant?

Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Kirk Falcomer of the PE Hub Network reports, PSP Investments commits €500 mln to European credit platform (added emphasis is mine): Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) has committed €500 million ($735 million) … Continue reading PSP Seeds European Credit Hedge Fund?

Institutional investors are becoming more interested in senior housing, especially as transparency grows around performance metrics, according to panelists at last month’s 2016 NIC Fall Conference. One such panelist was a high-ranking official at one of the largest institutional investing bodies in the world: Canada’s $130 billion Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments). Transparency … Continue reading New In Town: Institutional Investors Moving In On Senior Housing

Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Theresa Tedesco and Barbara Shecter of the National Post report, Inside the risky strategy that made Canada’s biggest pension plans the new ‘masters of the universe’: They are among the world’s most famous landlords with … Continue reading Canada’s New Masters of the Universe?

Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Barbara Shecter of the National Post reports, Mark Jenkins is leaving CPPIB, triggering executive shakeup at pension manager: Mark Jenkins, global head of private investments at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, is leaving the pension management … Continue reading Big Executive Shakeup at CPPIB?

Leo Kolivakis is a blogger, trader and independent senior pension and investment analyst. This post was originally published at Pension Pulse. Reuters reports, Chicago mayor’s big plan to save its pension fund: Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled a plan on Wednesday that he called “an honest approach” to save the city’s biggest retirement system from insolvency with … Continue reading Chicago’s Pitchforks and Torches?