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‘So far so good’: Sweden’s FTN bags 150bps equity fund return improvement

In an endorsement of its hard work over the last year, Sweden’s Fund Selection Agency, which procures and monitors the funds on offer on the country’s premium pension platform, is already starting to see improved returns and lower fees from the wave of new equity funds it mandated.
Sarah RundellOctober 9, 2025
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How leading asset owners maintain TPA discipline

Darcy SongOctober 9, 2025
Asset Allocation

South Carolina lifts private equity and credit as cashflow turns positive

Brendan SwiftOctober 7, 2025
FIS Stanford 2025

Real asset opportunities ‘are coming from everywhere’: Macquarie

Lachlan MaddockOctober 6, 2025
FIS Stanford 2025

Why China could trigger a Taiwan crisis without firing a shot

Darcy SongOctober 6, 2025
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Opinion

Wisdom: The jewel in the dirt-pile of intelligence

In his regular column for Top1000funds.com, Tim Hodgson, co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, reflects on the dangers of unconstrained action, the limits of efficiency, and why long-term sustainability may depend on knowing when not to act.
Tim HodgsonOctober 6, 2025
FIS Stanford 2025

Inside NBIM’s AI playbook to hone investment edge

Norges Bank is a lean organisation despite managing a $2.2 trillion portfolio. Across the fund’s four global offices, there are only 700 staff, or $3 billion per person, which is why it has made pursuing AI-driven efficiency a core organisation initiative – and a non-negotiable requirement for its employees. 
Darcy SongOctober 2, 2025
FIS Stanford 2025

Investors unpack regime-based portfolio thinking 

Funds are operating in an extraordinary environment, with Scott Chan, chief investment officer of CalSTRS, saying he has never witnessed so many “large shifts stacked on top of the other” in his investment career. Amid the change, investors are increasingly shifting to a scenario and regime-based asset allocation.  
Darcy SongOctober 1, 2025
FIS Stanford 2025

AI investors face post-Moore’s Law reality

Mark Horowitz, a leading computer scientist and electrical engineer at Stanford University, has declared that Moore’s Law is “basically over”, which will have significant ramifications for artificial intelligence investors who are counting on more computing power to feed into more complex models.  
Darcy SongOctober 1, 2025
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