Next week conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com takes you inside the decision-making processes of one of the Middle East’s biggest funds with an exclusive interview with the chief investment officer of the Abu Dhabi Retirement Pensions and Benefits Fund.
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PMT talks infra equity and how to balance stock concentration risk
Scenario testing has put inflation risk front and centre at PMT, the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, and it's driving the investor to take stock of the inflation protection it gets from infrastructure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, chief investment officer Hartwig Liersch unpacks the risk, as well as another initiative where it's balancing concentration risk in the equity allocation without hurting returns.
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CDPQ’s infrastructure portfolio forges ahead with bet on Middle East growth
CDPQ’s large and growing infrastructure portfolio deliberately hunts large, direct investments in new geographies where returns come from generating growth in the underlying companies. Top1000funds.com talks to Emmanuel Jaclot, executive vice-president, and head of infrastructure in an interview from CDPQ’s Montreal headquarters.
Temasek drops exposure to China on pandemic and property headwinds
Singapore's Temasek pares back on China in favour of local assets as pandemic restrictions bite. Temasek has been investing in China for 20 years and for the last decade it has been its best performing market, but CIO Rohit Sipahimalani thinks China may face challenges achieving its 2022 growth target.
San Bernardino tilts to US equity; informed rebalancing reaps rewards
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association, SBCERA, plans to increase its exposure to US equity in preparation for de-globalization trends. Sarah Rundell talks to CIO, Donald Pierce about asset allocation and the fund’s ‘informed rebalancing’ program.
KLP applies legal expertise to responsible investment
Last June, Norway’s KLP excluded 18 companies due to links with Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. A few months later, Kiran Aziz, took the helm as the head of RI stepping into a contentious ESG debate that captures the divide between US and European shareholders.
ARR vs funded status: North Carolina’s rock and a hard place
North Carolina Retirement Systems' Dale Folwell discusses the Herculean challenge of maintaining the pension funds funded status while lowering the assumed rate of return.
Hedge funds appeal at Ilmarinen as volatility returns
For years Central Bank bond buying has supressed the volatility on which hedge funds thrive. At Finnish pension fund Ilmarinen hedge funds are back in favour, particularly volatility, momentum, and macro strategies that don't correlate to equities.
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