Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund will soon look to expand its alternatives database project, which evaluates the performance of private markets GPs, to cover more funds. Director of research and analytics speaks with Top1000funds.com on how the $2 trillion pension giant will position the system as its first point of reference for private market manager due diligence.
Reducing equities, expanding the resources and changing the RFP process are on the agenda of New York City Retirement System (NYCRS) chief investment officer, Larry Schloss, as he makes structural and investment changes to turn the $123-billion fund around. Two and a half years in to what is most likely only a four-year tenure –
OMERS Strategic Investments (OSI) is more than the international co-investment arm of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), it is the vehicle which the system uses to shape and implement several key parts of its strategic plan. OSI is one of five investment groups that fit under the OMERS Worldwide brand. The other four groups
For the past five years David Neal has been integrating the vision of “one team, one portfolio” into the culture of the investment team at the $77-billion Future Fund. This has now been set in stone – well, porcelain – with coffee cups bearing the moniker used by staff throughout the organisation. The slogan is
The seriousness with which the Danish pension fund ATP takes hedging paid off last year, with the fund recording its best ever return. A combination of the hedging activity and a deliberate move to substantially reduce its risk meant the fund weathered the European storm despite the fall-off in interest rates. The 579-billion-Danish kroner ($98.4-billion)
With total portfolio costs of only 15.3 basis points, the $43-billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is one of the most efficiently run pension funds in the world – not bad for a fund that has investments in 41 countries and 23 currencies. This year it embarked on an operations overhaul to bring even
A decision by two of Missouri’s public pension plans to adopt a straightforward risk-based approach to asset allocation garnered their best result in two decades last year, while also providing investment staff with the autonomy to react quickly to changing market conditions. The board overseeing the Public School Retirement System of Missouri (PSRS) and the
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