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Australian $100bn pension fund targets private assets with London launch

Private Equity Insights

Australia’s third-largest pension fund will officially open its first overseas outpost in London in November, a senior company official said, pushing for more private market investments as the sector outgrows the confines of home. Aware Super, with A$160 billion ($102 billion) in assets, will set up in the district of St.

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Pension fund invests in Morgan Stanley’s $1bn climate fund

Private Equity Insights

AP Pension has invested in a Morgan Stanley fund that aims to reduce carbon emissions by 1GT ahead of 2050. Danish pension fund AP Pension has invested in the Morgan Stanley 1 Gigaton fund, which aims to remove one gigaton of CO2-equivalent emissions from the Earth’s atmosphere by 2050.

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UN pension fund flags climate risk on ALM and performance

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billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund will use a slightly lower real rate of return to inform its upcoming actuarial valuation with the 2023 ALM scenario planning focusing on climate risk. In a nod to headwinds including climate change, evolving demographics, and the future economic outlook the $85.5

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World’s Top Pension Funds See the Largest Assets Decline in 20 Years

Pension Pulse

Willis Towers Watson put out a press release stating the world’s top pension funds see the largest assets fall in 20 years: North America now accounts for nearly half of assets in world’s 300 largest pension funds ARLINGTON, Va., increase in the assets of the largest 300 pension funds in the previous year.

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New Mexico’s $44bn pension fund unveils latest VC, credit fund commitments

AltAssets

New Mexico State Investment Council, a $44bn-managing pension fund investor, has picked private credit and a string of venture capital vehicles in its latest suite of fund commitments. The post New Mexico’s $44bn pension fund unveils latest VC, credit fund commitments first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Korea Pension Fund to up private credit investments

Private Equity Wire

Korea Pension Fund to up private credit investments Submitted 29/08/2023 - 11:32am Government Employees Pension Service, one of South Korea’s major pension funds with around $6bn in assets is looking to up its allocations to alternative assets, including private credit and real estate, to boost returns, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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Another big pension fund commits to KPS Capital Partners’ $8bn-targeting Fund VI

AltAssets

The $40bn-managing South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission is the latest LP to back KPS Capital Partners' $8bn-targeting Special Situations Fund VI. The post Another big pension fund commits to KPS Capital Partners’ $8bn-targeting Fund VI first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.