Asset Allocation

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A rock and a hard place: GEPF on the challenges of transitioning coal

Reducing exposure to the risk in coal is particularly challenging for South Africa’s $122 billion Government Employees Pension Fund. ESG manager Belaina Negash explains the complexities due to the industry's tie with the economy and the fund's transition framework.

Sarah RundellAugust 12, 2025

Private Credit

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

Darcy SongAugust 11, 2025

France’s FRR ups risk in line with longer term investment horizon

Sarah RundellAugust 7, 2025

Asset Allocation

University of California: Less is more and simple is better in investing

Sarah RundellJuly 31, 2025

Asset Allocation

CalPERS finds continuity in climate of uncertainty

Sarah RundellJuly 15, 2025

Asset Allocation

GPIF pins active equity overhaul on ‘scientific’ manager selection

A quest for manager and fund strategy diversification has led the world's largest pension fund, Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, to reach a decade-high allocation to active global stocks. Its active equity portfolio now consists of 103 funds, increasing fivefold compared to 2020 when it only invested in 20.

Darcy SongJuly 9, 2025

Investor Profile

UPP: Canadian investor looks outside US markets

Canada's University Pension Plan is eyeing new risks and opportunities triggered by policies from the Trump administration, like additional taxes for US investments and a surge of public spending on defence and infrastructure in Germany. It is also fine-tuning its roster of active managers.

Sarah RundellJuly 8, 2025

Asset Allocation

Alpha at North Dakota: Tracking error key to portfolio construction

The $8 billion North Dakota Department of Trust Lands is rolling out a core-satellite approach to portfolio construction in a bid to control tracking errors. But CIO Frank Mihail explains that in some asset classes like infrastructure, the process is more complicated.

Sarah RundellJuly 1, 2025

Asset Allocation

AP3: TAA and why the market, not the media, is right about the US recovery

AP3 chief investment officer Jonas Thulin shows how AP3 has benefited from tactical asset allocation. He also argued that although the media is still reporting concerns about the US economy, the market is painting a healthier picture.

Sarah RundellJune 23, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline

Policy uncertainty over issues such as US tariffs put investors in uncharted territory, but the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that one guiding principle at such moments is not to make big, risky bets.

Darcy SongJune 3, 2025

Asset Allocation

University of California: Equity boost, and fossil fuels back on the table

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.

Sarah RundellMay 14, 2025

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Asset Allocation

Investor Profile

A rock and a hard place: GEPF on the challenges of transitioning coal

Private Credit

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

Asset Allocation

France’s FRR ups risk in line with longer term investment horizon

Asset Allocation

University of California: Less is more and simple is better in investing

Asset Allocation

CalPERS finds continuity in climate of uncertainty

Asset Allocation

GPIF pins active equity overhaul on ‘scientific’ manager selection

Investor Profile

UPP: Canadian investor looks outside US markets

Asset Allocation

Alpha at North Dakota: Tracking error key to portfolio construction

Asset Allocation

AP3: TAA and why the market, not the media, is right about the US recovery

FIS Harvard 2025

‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline

Asset Allocation

University of California: Equity boost, and fossil fuels back on the table

ABP/APG Asset Management

California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

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