Sarah Rundell, Author at Top1000funds.com

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Investor Profile

The value of diversification at Finland’s Varma

Markus Aho, chief investment officer of the €57.4 billion Finnish pension fund, Varma, explains how the fund’s diversification with a large equity allocation balanced by hedge funds, fixed income and real assets has meant it has been resilient to the increasing investment challenges.

Sarah RundellFebruary 29, 2024

Investor Profile

Korea Investment Corporation focuses on alternatives push

KIC is looking to boost its alternatives allocation - particularly private credit - both directly and through managers. Influenced by what it sees as an unfolding AI-led industrial revolution it is looking for opportunities in fast-developing sectors including AI, semiconductors and healthcare, and has opened an office in Mumbai.

Sarah RundellFebruary 27, 2024

Sustainability

Investors trying to change the world: Why climate investing is so difficult

Asset owners are preparing their portfolios for the climate transition, reducing holdings in companies with high emissions and pledging billions to climate investments. But climate proofing portfolios is proving one of the most arduous and complex challenges investors have ever faced. Top1000funds.com takes a close look at the progress.

Sarah RundellFebruary 26, 2024

Investor Profile

Denmark’s ATP creates new overlays to manage future bond equity correlation

ATP's Christian Kjær explains the rationale behind two new overlays to better navigate the risk of future correlations between bonds and equities which wrong footed the risk parity investor in 2022.

Sarah RundellFebruary 22, 2024

Sustainability

NBIM’s RI report showcases benefits of transparency

Risk-based divestments increased returns on Norges Bank Investment Management's equity portfolio by 0.07 per cent in 2023. Measuring the impact of its investment decisions, reported in NBIM's latest RI Report, is part of a concerted drive for greater transparency by the manager of Norway's Government Pension Fund Global.

Sarah RundellFebruary 15, 2024

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CalSTRS’ Ailman talks GFC, climate risk and worrying levels of US debt

After 23 years in charge, CalSTRS departing CIO Chris Ailman has more stories from the investment frontline than most. He shares personal recollections of the GFC, his fears of the scale of the climate emergency and why worrying levels of US debt hold new risk and opportunity for investors.

Sarah RundellFebruary 13, 2024

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Sarah Rundell

The latest

Investor Profile

The value of diversification at Finland’s Varma

Investor Profile

Korea Investment Corporation focuses on alternatives push

Sustainability

Investors trying to change the world: Why climate investing is so difficult

Investor Profile

Denmark’s ATP creates new overlays to manage future bond equity correlation

Sustainability

NBIM’s RI report showcases benefits of transparency

Featured Story

CalSTRS’ Ailman talks GFC, climate risk and worrying levels of US debt

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