UK Roundtable 3
Sustainability
USS paper urges governments to do more to support climate policy
A new report from USS and the University of Exeter, argues that investors who focus on decarbonising their portfolios won't change real-world decarbonisation and would have more impact on climate change by buying transition investments.
Sarah RundellDecember 11, 2025
Featured Story
LGPS Central doubles in size; looks to add more alternatives
In a rare interview, Jayne Atkinson, chief investment officer of the £100 billion ($132 billion) UK pool LGPS Central, reveals the plan to scale up its offering after almost doubling its assets under management, including expanding alternatives to new allocations in hedge funds, diversified growth funds and insurance-linked securities.
Sarah RundellDecember 8, 2025
News
NBIM dethrones GPIF to become the world’s largest asset owner
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund is now the world’s largest asset owner according to the Thinking Ahead Institute's annual Asset Owner 100 report, which also outlines the similarities and challenges among top capital allocators globally.
Darcy SongDecember 5, 2025
News
Sweden’s AP2 and AP6 conflict over PE investments
The Swedish government’s plans to streamline the country’s pension system and merge the $8 billion buffer fund AP6 with its larger and more diversified sibling, the $48 billion AP2, have hit a bump in the road. Major points of contention include AP6's large private equity exposures and staff integration.
Sarah RundellDecember 4, 2025
News
Iceland’s pension funds: Consolidation continues but size of sector a worry
Merger mania continues to grip Iceland’s pension sector, but economies of scale and greater efficiency don't solve the problem of the size of an industry now larger than the country's banking system and insurance sector combined, and more than sufficient to buy all listed investments.
Sarah RundellDecember 2, 2025
Investor Profile
CalPERS bets on outperformance from growing climate allocation
CalPERS' Peter Cashion tells Top1000funds.com how the pension fund's strategy to allocate to climate mitigation, transition and adaptation strategies is allowing it to access an untapped corner of the US market where many investors have retreated because of the policy environment.
Sarah RundellDecember 1, 2025
Sustainability
Climate politics: BlackRock hits back at NYC Comptroller
The skirmish between the New York City Comptroller and BlackRock over climate alignment of the city’s public pension funds – a fight worth a $42 billion mandate to BlackRock – highlights the complexity and impracticality of aligning climate expectations, reporting requirements and business imperatives.
Sarah RundellNovember 28, 2025