GPIF seeks better beta through ESG
You can't beat the market if you are the market. That's reality for Japan's behemoth pension fund; therefore, it looks to improve overall returns by engaging and investing with an ESG focus.
Texas ERS reallocates to managers to help navigate concentrated equity market
Texas ERS' CIO David Veal says the fund is re-allocating around a quarter of its public equity portfolio to external managers, away from the internal team. ERS plans to upsize with existing fundamental mandates but also allocate to new incremental relationships with diversifying strategies.
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Strathclyde cuts equity allocation
The UK’s largest public pension fund is de-risking its successful equities portfolio and looking to private debt, emerging-market debt, global credit and UK infrastructure to fill the void.
Factors aid manager selection
Investors, including the $194 billion State Board of Administration of Florida (SBA), are using factor analysis to decompose returns, select active managers and negotiate fees.
CPPIB active in emerging markets
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has increased its focus on emerging economies, using active management to access local expertise and maximise its advantages of scale.
Future Fund revamps equities
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has revamped its equities portfolio to take on deliberate factor risk and target idiosyncratic risk. The fund’s head of equities, Björn Kvarnskog, explains.
MERS: real assets, non-US markets
MERS chief investment officer Jeb Burns still finds value in active management as he seeks to up the fund’s exposure to emerging markets, and other non-US locales, in equities and real assets.
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