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TfL Pension Fund: A bespoke benchmark in Bridgewater mandate strikes gold

TfL Pension Fund: A bespoke benchmark in Bridgewater mandate strikes gold

Transport for London Pension Fund styled a bespoke benchmark to gold in its Pure Alpha mandate with Bridgewater. It has added hundreds of millions of pounds to the portfolio, says chief investment officer Padmesh Shukla. In a wide-ranging conversation, he also explains the rationale for reducing equity to just 18 per cent of the total fund and why emerging markets aren't offering the diversification or returns they used to.

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Future Fund looks to slash external tech spend in cost-cutting drive

Australia's Future Fund is hoping to find tens of millions in cost savings by consolidating arrangements with external data and tech providers and putting a number of roles under review as it reconsiders resourcing in a volatile investment environment that it “expects to endure”.

CalPERS ties pay to collaboration, total fund results under TPA

The $556 billion CalPERS is considering a more complete integration of “collaboration” and total fund results as performance metrics for its executives and investment team as it makes headway in its shift to the total portfolio approach.

The future belongs to investors who can adapt

Canada's HOOPP has officially adopted the total portfolio approach since the start of 2026. Unpacking the move, the fund's managing director and head of total portfolio group Jacky Lee writes that while the approach doesn't magically make the return better, the fact that it frees the investment team from outdated processes and gives investment leaders the flexibility to act is what gives it an edge.

The world won’t wait for the investment committee 

What does it actually mean to be a long-term investor when the ground beneath your feet is shifting faster than your investment committee can convene? 

Rethinking portfolio construction at the human-AI nexus

As artificial intelligence models become more sophisticated, asset owners and managers are rethinking portfolio construction as an activity sitting at the nexus of human and machine, which means gaining an edge over the market increasingly needs investors to tap into the wisdom from both sources.

Investors boost inflation-hedging amid geopolitical conflicts; eye tactical shifts

Inflation hedging is back on top of the agenda for investors as conflict in the Middle East drives up energy prices globally, but the FIS Singapore heard that many portfolios are not well-prepared for the broad ways through which inflation can creep through. The new era of significant trade and capital flow shifts driven by modern mercantilism is also throwing out TAA opportunities.  

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