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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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