Darcy Song, Author at Top1000funds.com

FIS Harvard 2025

Why MFS president is concerned about ‘long-term washing’

Carol Geremia, president of the Boston-headquartered MFS Investment Management, said “long-term washing" has become one of her biggest worries, with everyone claiming to be a long-term investor while failing to align their investment practices with that goal.

Darcy SongMay 20, 2025

News

US sovereign wealth fund could be a game-changer – if it’s well governed

The proposed US sovereign wealth fund remains shrouded in uncertainty as the deadline to release a plan for it quietly passed without announcements from the White House. Debates about the need for it continue, but Stanford academic Ashby Monk argues clear purpose and sound governance are what truly matter.

Darcy SongMay 15, 2025

Research

GIC, Temasek eye trillions of growth in climate adaptation market

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.

Darcy SongMay 9, 2025

Asset Allocation

Mercer global CIO flags ‘crisis of confidence’ in US market

The global CIO overseeing Mercer's $600 billion OCIO unit, Hooman Kaveh, has been advising clients to rethink the role of US assets in their portfolios by diversifying currency base and incorporating more active management. Speaking to Top1000funds.com, he warns of a “crisis of confidence” in the world’s largest capital market.

Darcy SongMay 5, 2025

Equities

Sweden’s FTN scouts for domestic, European small cap managers

Nordic pension giant the Swedish Fund Selection Agency (FTN) is on the hunt for active Swedish and European small cap equity managers in a SEK 46 billion ($4.6 billion) tender. It comes as asset owners revisit small cap strategies as a useful diversification from US mega cap equities.

Darcy SongMay 2, 2025

News

Behind China’s ‘nation team’: The sovereign investors holding up the market

As aggressive US “Liberation Day” tariffs weighed on China’s stock market, Beijing rallied its most reliable financial market troops to stop its domestic equities from nosediving. This is the “national team”, a term loosely used to refer to government-affiliated funds including SWFs and state investment arms.

Darcy SongApril 22, 2025

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Sweden’s FTN scouts for domestic, European small cap managers

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Behind China’s ‘nation team’: The sovereign investors holding up the market

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