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BCI: A masterclass in private debt

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation has been investing in private debt since 2018. Global head of public markets Daniel Garant, whose team oversees private debt, articulates the secrets of success at a time of fierce competition for returns as more investors pile into the asset class, tightening credit spreads.

Sarah RundellAugust 14, 2025

Technology

Responsible AI: Railpen lays out the risks

Sarah RundellAugust 14, 2025

Investor Profile

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

Sarah RundellAugust 12, 2025

Private Credit

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

Darcy SongAugust 11, 2025

Asset Allocation

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

Sarah RundellAugust 7, 2025

Opinion

Asset managers can’t have it both ways on sustainability

Asset managers have recently been trying to show that they could cater to all sides, from asset owners that have spent years integrating sustainability into their investment strategies to anti-ESG elected officials in states like Texas. But Hugues Létourneau writes that they can't have it all.

Hugues LetourneauAugust 7, 2025

Investor Profile

AP4: Why a dynamic, shorter term allocation is paying off

Volatile markets have provided a rich hunting ground and opportunistic best ideas have come thick and fast for AP4’s new five-pronged global allocation made up of systematic equity, currency and rates, asset allocation, hedge funds/external mandates and analysis. Magdalena Högberg explains the risks and opportunities of the best ideas allocation.

Sarah RundellAugust 5, 2025

Organisational Design

Why investors must engage on the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance

Will antimicrobial resistance derail decades of medical and economic progress, or can coordinated action avert a global crisis? Anastassia Johnson, researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute, examines the growing threat of drug-resistant infections and the role investors can play in driving sustainable solutions.

Anastassia JohnsonAugust 5, 2025

Asset Allocation

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

Jagdeep Singh Bachher, the CIO who oversees the University of California's $198 billion in pension and endowment assets, says that he wants to keep investment simple as the fund removed its hedge fund allocation completely, conceding "it’s not one of the things we are good at doing".

Sarah RundellJuly 31, 2025

Equities

New study flags risk in Dutch pensions’ concentrated stock strategy

Under strict ESG guidelines and pressure to closely engage with their investee companies, Dutch pension funds have developed an affinity for concentrated equity allocations with some owning as few as 65 stocks in their entire portfolio. But the Erasmus University flagged the diversification risk and higher volatility the strategy introduces.

Darcy SongJuly 31, 2025

Organisational Design

Change management in action: CalSTRS lays out how it’s integrating AI

In a recent board meeting, CalSTRS staff outlined how they are integrating AI into the investment process in line with its commitment to be an early adopter of the technology, including writing a set of generative AI policies and guidelines, conducting a cost-benefit analysis and identifying scalable use cases.

Sarah RundellJuly 29, 2025

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