Darcy Song, Author at Top1000funds.com

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CPP hires former AIMCo Singapore head to bolster TPA

After hiring former CalPERS' investment chief Ben Meng six months ago, Canadian pension giant CPP Investments has added another seasoned pension executive, Kevin Bong, to its investment team, in a sign that the C$732 billion ($530 billion) behemoth is staffing up to focus on alpha and enhance total portfolio management.

Darcy SongSeptember 4, 2025

Organisational Design

Accountability, performance at the heart of Temasek’s three-way split

Singapore’s Temasek has unveiled its biggest organisational overhaul in more than a decade, splitting its investment portfolio into three entities to “sharpen” investment focus, boost accountability and align performance metrics. It came as the fund targets a 60/40 split between the “resilient” and “dynamic” assets to weatherproof its portfolio.

Darcy SongSeptember 2, 2025

Equities

China’s $420b social security fund eyes ‘AI+’ theme in A-shares

China’s $420 billion National Social Security Fund is scoping out technology-related investment opportunities in domestic equities, particularly the so-called “AI+” theme where artificial intelligence is married with traditional industries to enhance profitability, which has been gathering market and political momentum.

Darcy SongAugust 28, 2025

News

High-stakes succession at US Fed brings investors to crossroads

Donald Trump’s next appointee as the Federal Reserve chair will be a defining moment for global investors, potentially escalating current market caution into a widespread exit from US assets, warns leading Stanford economist and finance academic Ross Levine. He outlines how the choice would impact the US debt and currency.

Darcy SongAugust 21, 2025

Infrastructure

APG’s infra ramp-up: APAC markets in focus

APG Asset Management, Europe’s largest pension investor, is set to double its global infrastructure allocation in the next five years and is stepping up its push into infrastructure assets in the Asia Pacific with a focus on Australia, India and Southeast Asia and opportunistic investments in Japan and Korea.

Darcy SongAugust 18, 2025

Private Credit

Mid-market, asset-backed private credit shines for growing Asian allocators

Asia's growing investors, including university endowments and family offices, are hunting for returns in lower-middle market and asset-backed private credit. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, head of Asian clients at the $92 billion OCIO Cambridge Associates, Prabhat Ojha, talks manager selection and Asian allocators' rising appetite for alternatives.

Darcy SongAugust 11, 2025

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CPP hires former AIMCo Singapore head to bolster TPA

Organisational Design

Accountability, performance at the heart of Temasek’s three-way split

Equities

China’s $420b social security fund eyes ‘AI+’ theme in A-shares

News

High-stakes succession at US Fed brings investors to crossroads

Infrastructure

APG’s infra ramp-up: APAC markets in focus

Private Credit

Mid-market, asset-backed private credit shines for growing Asian allocators

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