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.
The Wisconsin Investment Board is not tweaking its asset allocation or adding inflation-linked assets to its line-up in reaction to the market turmoil, rather, it’s continuing to focus on generating alpha from active management. Chief investment officer, David Villa, spoke with Amanda White about the fund’s disciplined approach to hiring and firing.
The giant Danish fund ATP has earmarked €1 billion to a climate change action fund, deliberately timing the launch of the commitment to coincide with the UN conference in its capital, Copenhagen. Amanda White spoke with chief investment officer of ATP, Bjarne Graven Larsen, about how the fund is using its sizeable capital to incite
Over the next few years the €180 billion ABP will invest 2 per cent of capital to innovative assets and strategies under the broad direction of innovation. One such investment has been an allocation to the incubator company, IMQubator, which invests in investment managers with innovative ideas and strategies. Amanda White spoke with chief investment
With a massive allocation to cash of 14 per cent and an underweight to domestic equities and real estate, the $21 billion South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission is uniquely positioned as a liquid investor ready to pounce. Chief investment officer, Bob Borden, spoke to Amanda White about the advantages of coming to the diversification
This month the $24 billion Arizona State Retirement System completed an asset allocation overhaul resulting in new dedicated allocations to commodities and emerging market equities. Amanda White spoke with director Paul Matson about the decision-making process and the exposure and implementation decisions, including manager selection, still to come.
The $32 billion Maryland State Retirement System is searching for advisers in real estate and private equity, as it moves toward its strategic asset allocation target that sits signficantly distant from its actual investments at the end of September, requiring a quadrupling of its private equity investments and new allocations to real return assets.
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