Target date funds vary in their broad asset allocation, in their sub-asset allocation of the broader
asset classes, and their implementation. This paper outlines some methodologies across providers, highlighting the different risks associated with the various strategies and illustrating the impact on performance over both a longer period, as well as a shorter, more volatile, period like 2008.
Singapore’s two largest asset owners, GIC and Temasek, see attractive opportunities in climate adaptation solutions – a relatively underfunded area compared to decarbonisation. The former has already made selective adaptation investments and said the opportunity set across public and private debt and equity could increase to $9 trillion by 2050.
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