AP3 demands more from hedge funds
The Third Swedish National Pension Fund has cut back on hedge fund managers, citing cost, poor returns, and difficulty pinpointing the source of alpha for managers that have done well.
Nest favours institutional-first managers as retail exodus pressures private credit
Nest, the largest workplace pension in the UK, says that private credit managers who prioritise institutional clients will be more favourably viewed. The £61 billion ($82 billion) fund has awarded a £450 million ($605 million) US direct lending mandate to Crescent Capital this month, citing the manager's institutional-client-first approach as a key attraction.
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Fund managers lack business skills
PGGM's Jaap van Dam and Kempen's Lars Dijkstra say that asset owners with long-term horizons should look for managers who can analyse industries and companies to find intrinsic value.
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.
Toward an infrastructure asset class
EDHECinfra proposes industry standard benchmarks for infrastructure, based on a framework for measuring risk-adjusted performance and the results from its survey of investors.
Canada’s Caisse innovates in PE
The $233.3 billion pension fund, CDPQ, is looking to expand its sizeable private-equity allocation with moves into emerging markets and unconventional deals. Flexibility is essential.
CalPERS sees opening in VC
California Public Employees’ Retirement System CIO Ted Eliopoulos revealed in an interview that the pension giant sees ‘an opening’ caused by private companies taking longer to list.
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