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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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Alaska keeps C-suite interviews public

The $64.9 billion Alaska Permanent Fund’s new CIO interviewed for the role while the public watched and listened. A history of transparency at APF defies sovereign funds’ reputation for secrecy.

AI to transform GPIF manager selection

The $1.4 trillion Japanese fund will use deep-learning technology to monitor and evaluate the styles and processes of managers more effectively and pressure them to adopt high-tech tools.

First State: superannuation’s evolution

Most of Australia’s retirement system is still just heading towards investing with scale for both accumulation and pension phase. The A$70 billion First State Super and CIO Damian Graham are already there. So what do its investments look like?

FRR won’t add risk, ending trend

The $41 billion French pension reserve fund had upped the return-seeking proportion of its portfolio every year since 2010 but inflation fears and expensive equities have halted the streak.

OPTrust’s safe space for innovation

OPTrust Labs will allow the Canadian pension fund’s research and development unit to take risks and fail so it can nurture new ideas and technology. It’s about “unleashing human activity”.

South Dakota takes risk to bottom rung

The $14.2 billion South Dakota retirement system is sitting on cash and T-bills to hedge against equity-type risk seeping into its portfolio. The fund remains opportunistic and won’t rule out fossil fuels.

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