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Investor Profile

Complexity to clarity: How AP4’s tech overhaul slashed risk and costs

A new investment management platform at Swedish buffer fund AP4 has taken almost ten years to come to fruition. Increased efficiency, lower costs and risk make it worth the wait, says head of risk and operations Nicklas Wikström.

Sarah RundellFebruary 18, 2026

Partnered Content

Infrastructure investors look beyond US to capture Europe’s green premium

Europe, buoyed by a new competitiveness roadmap and its ongoing commitment to the climate transition, is set to attract more institutional capital, IFM’s latest research shows.

Brendan SwiftFebruary 18, 2026

Infrastructure

Aware Super mulls return to infra funds; builds AI-driven data edge

Aware Super is considering a return to infrastructure funds after years of favouring direct investments. The infrastructure allocation currently stands at $15 billion and the fund sees benefits to access a “broader set of offerings” and opportunity sets via fund commitments to GPs, its head of infrastructure Mark Hector says.

Darcy SongFebruary 17, 2026

Podcasts

Treasurer Steiner on Oregon’s private equity future

Top1000funds.com editor Amanda White speaks to Oregon State Treasurer, Elizabeth Steiner, about the future role and expectations of private equity, how a maturing of the asset class puts pressure on returns, and the private/ public asset mix in the fund’s four-yearly asset allocation review which has just begun.

Top1000funds.comFebruary 17, 2026

Organisational Design

Why asset owners should not outsource innovation

Asset owners have traditionally counted on external asset managers to pursue bold innovations rather than stretching their limited internal resources to do so. But leading Stanford academic Ashby Monk has warned in a new paper that this long-standing model is distilling short-term thinking in pension management.

Darcy SongFebruary 13, 2026

Private Credit

HOOPP: Light covenants in private credit are a growing source of concern

The boom in private credit has been accompanied by a spike in lighter covenants, reducing protection and guardrails for lenders says Jennifer Shum, senior managing director, structured and private credit at HOOPP, and warns of mounting risks in private credit.

Sarah RundellFebruary 11, 2026

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