The Norwegian Parliament has approved $1.4 billion in seed funding for a specialist Nordic small-cap equity fund. It will be overseen by the domestic pension fund, Government Pension Fund Norway, whose CEO Kjetil Houg said its birth chimes with the trend of investors putting more capital to work at home.
In a wide ranging investment committee meeting, University of California CIO Jagdeep Singh Bachher argues that rationale for increasing the equity allocation and warns that although excluding fossil fuels currently works 'ok' it may come up for review.
Günther Schiendl, chair of Austria's VBV Pension Fund board explains how he's enabling younger savers to access more equity investment. However, despite long-held plans to develop the allocation to private equity, US tariff and trade policy has halted the strategy for now.
Rob Groves, CIO of the UK's Pension Insurance Corporation, describes a cautious, heavily regulated strategy focused on fixed income. PIC is on the look out for undervalued corporate credit opportunities appearing in the current market, but few opportunities have appeared yet.
The recent market volatility has put the brakes on any pickup in private equity distributions LPs had hoped for in 2025. A board meeting of Arizona State Retirement System heard that IPO activity remains muted and the majority of exits are concentrated in sponsor-to-sponsor deals and strategic sales.
The board of trustees for the $10 billion Kentucky County Employees Retirement System has knocked back the fund's request to invest in an oil and gas fund. It also expressed frustrations that a specially convened board meeting was called on short notice.
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