Fairfax County Employees’ Retirement System says its allocation to digital assets has become the best-performing investment in the fund’s history. The $6.3 billion pension plan first invested in blockchain infrastructure and digital assets through venture funds in 2019, and early distributions are now beginning to arrive.
The CIO of Iceland's second-largest pension fund outlines the importance of diversification overseas, and the challenge of not being able to hedge inflation in the fund's liabilities because of limitations in the banking sector.
Dutch asset manager APG's latest impact investment offers a compelling alternative to emerging market corporate and sovereign debt or DFI issuance. The strategy also offers a window into how APG’s responsible investment strategy has evolved.
AI may be the greatest challenge and opportunity facing the current generation of institutional asset owners. Top1000funds.com takes a deep dive into the world of machine learning and how and why the world’s leading asset owners are embracing AI in their assessment of investments and their own internal efficiencies.
Industriens, the DKK 217 billion ($30.6 billion) Danish pension fund, is using advanced technology and exploring AI models to bring sweeping advantages to its risk management processes. Julia Sommer Legaard, investment risk and data manager at the fund for the last year, explains the process behind the innovation.
In a year forecast to be volatile, and with the spectre of recession still very much on the cards, Top1000funds.com finds CIOs exploring new strategies, paring back on active equity, investing in technology and wrestling with the many disparate approaches to sustainability.
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