Research Insights
Australian Profit-to-Member Supers are Super on Costs
Are Australian superannuation funds relatively cost-efficient? This paper summarizes findings from eleven Australian profit-for-member superannuation funds,...
Has the Lack of Asset Diversification in DC Retirement Plans Been a Costly Missed Opportunity?
This Georgetown CRI study, in conjunction with CEM, asks the question, “Should DC plan sponsors emulate DB plans by increasing or introducing allocations to...
Asset Allocation and Fund Performance of Defined Benefit Pension Funds in the United States, 1998-2020
Of the $34.9 trillion of retirement assets in the United States at the end of 2019, approximately $7.1 trillion were held in public sector defined benefit...
Green Urban Development: The Impact Investment Strategy of Canadian Pension Funds
This paper investigates the investment strategy that large Canadian pension funds implement in the private real estate market. Even though they manage just 6%...
What is the value of the Your Future, Your Super test (Australia)
The Australian government announced the “Your Future, Your Super” (YFYS) reform package in the 2020-21 Budget, with the YFYS Act coming into effect on July 1,...
A Case for Scale: How the world’s largest institutional investors leverage scale to deliver real outperformance
Many large institutional investors hold the belief that they have an advantage over smaller investors on account of their scale. How does that scale equate to...