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LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check
As the risk of an AI bubble grows, LPPI's Richard Tomlinson reflects on how the LGPS pool manages and measures AI exposure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, he also explains how he has been moulding the fund's investment structure to be fit for a post-LGPS reform future.
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USS swings into surplus but flags re-think after Thames losses
USS says losses in Thames Water have led to deep reflection on how it will invest in regulated assets in the future, flagging the need for consistent regulation to support pension fund investment. As the fund celebrates its 50th year it records a surplus for the first time since 2008.
UK’s GMPF: Why institutional investors are pushing into the rental market
A chronic shortage of housing in the UK has resulted in long waiting lists for social housing and young people left priced out of ownership. The experience of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund, investing more in the sector, provides lessons for other investors in jurisdictions with a housing shortage.
GPIF finds gaps in manager engagement with Japanese corporates
The annual survey by Japan’s 245.98 trillion yen ($1.5 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund, measuring asset manager engagement of listed companies, finds purposeful and constructive dialogue between investors and companies remains challenging. Lacklustre asset manager engagement with investee companies comes as GPIF seeks to widen its manager pool.
Thailand’s GPF – where sustainability is more important than returns
Thailand’s GPF is a regional leader in ESG integration. Top1000funds.com talks to Man Juttijudata, responsible for GPF’s active investment and outsourced investments about the challenges – like how to treat EV companies – and how uses fund managers for nuanced assessment.
Texas Teachers’ growing pressure on hedge fund fees is working
TRS is pioneering efforts to change the fee structure in hedge funds. CIO Jase Auby says new fee models now apply to around two thirds of the pension fund's hedge fund relationships
GIC seeks discipline, diversification in ‘profound uncertainty’ ahead
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is bracing for a period of “profound uncertainty” as the fund looks to rely on more “granular” diversification and maintaining price discipline to traverse the environment.
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