Maria Teresa Cometto

The Cassa Dottori Commercialisti (CDC) is one of the most sustainable casse di previdenza, the Italian privatised first-pillar funds for professionals, thanks to prudent asset allocation and the CDC’s policy to attract young Italians to the chartered accountancy profession.

The US appeals court's decision, last June, to throw out a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule intended to give investors more transparency into private funds has sparked a heated debate.

On one thing US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree: their new administration will not cut the Social Security benefits that are paid as pensions by the US Treasury's retirement programme.

Disappointing returns in the last fiscal year may force US university endowments to rethink their investment strategies, but could this include moving away from the so-called Yale model that focuses on alternative investments?

This year will see developments in the US DC market, but the renaissance of DB plans is set to continue

Rising rates and market volatility are forcing US pension funds to rethink their approach to passive and active investing. They are realising that their US stock portfolios are not diversified enough to help protect against a correction. But change may not come so fast.

The new Trump administration will likely see the end of investment strategies and programmes inspired by Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) criteria

The US is experiencing a period of significant uncertainty across various sectors, including federal regulation of retirement plans. This uncertainty is being compounded by the increasing politicisation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in investing.

Pension funds in Canada are rallying to the flag

Private markets managers in the US have set their sights on a $3.5trn (€3trn) opportunity