Become a member and subscribe Login

Utah’s URS: Why fossil fuels and alt energy hold key to climate crisis

John Skjervem

Sarah Rundell

October 01, 2024

US public pension funds should stop wasting precio
Continue Reading

A Top1000funds.com subscription unlocks the full article

Join the global institutional investment platform read by the world's largest asset owners, fund managers and consultants.

New here

Create an account

Complimentary to register. We'll verify your details and grant access to the archive, our newsletters and the Asset Owner Directory (enhanced features coming soon).
Register now
Already a member

Sign in

Already activated your account? Sign in to continue reading and access your saved articles, preferences and member-only content.
Asset owners get permanent complimentary access. Learn more about memberships

One response to “Utah’s URS: Why fossil fuels and alt energy hold key to climate crisis”

  1. Rob Bauer

    Hi John, agree with your advice to institutional investors to redirect some of their ESG-related resources to activities that really contribute to (potential) future solutions (and be ware this is not just about climate change but also about labour rights, human rights, and of course biodiversity and nature in general). However, this also holds for redeploying many other resources such as the large number of portfolio managers and financial analysts that still play the relative game in public markets (without any systematic success as proven by dozens of academic papers). Most likely, this will free up way more capital to solve global challenges than firing a few people with good intentions….

Leave a Comment

More from this fund

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

Darcy Song

September 02, 2026

Could Norway’s SWF really disappear?

Sarah Rundell

September 01, 2026

Highlights video | Stephen Kotkin

Jack Smith

August 27, 2026

Future Fund sees EM shifts widening alpha opportunities; CEO to depart

Darcy Song

August 27, 2026

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

Danish pension giant Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension (ATP) has been urged to cull risk, establish formal portfolio benchmarks and reduce private markets exposures, according to an external review committee which handed down a 536-page report into the fund’s investment operations after an 18-month review. Following the release of the report by the board this week, co-author of the review Andrew Ang unpacks the findings with Top1000funds.com.

Darcy Song

September 02, 2026

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

Sarah Rundell

August 25, 2026

CalPERS’ private markets chief: TPA won’t disrupt PE commitment pacing

Darcy Song

August 20, 2026

LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check

Sarah Rundell

August 18, 2026

Why ACC investment chief believes CIOs should stay hands-on with portfolios

Darcy Song

August 18, 2026

Sort content by

Portable alpha slashes pension deficit

The $15 billion International Paper corporate pension fund may be on a de-risking glide path, but vice president of investments Robert Hunkeler proves there is still plenty of room for innovation, including portable alpha. All investments are outsourced.

Sarah Rundell

March 13, 2019

AP2’s relationships in China

In the next of this new regular series, we examine the relationships that evolved as Sweden’s AP2 decided to invest with local managers in China. The story examines the process for choosing and monitoring Chinese managers, and the burgeoning focus on sustainability in that market.

Sarah Rundell

March 05, 2019

Tough times greet new CalPERS CIO

Ben Meng isn’t easing into his role. The new CIO of CalPERS faces three new board members, a stressed private equity program and executive turnover, all under the pressure of a 70 per cent funded status and a maturing membership at the $340 billion fund.

Sarah Rundell

February 26, 2019

Value lies where precious data is stored

Organisations across the globe are collecting data, analysing and re-analysing it more and more every day. As this trend continues, data infrastructure – tangible or intangible – becomes increasingly attractive. Canada’s OPTrust cites this reality as the rationale behind the EdgeCore partnership. It thinks data is its own asset class.

James Davis

February 25, 2019

Northern LGPS forges own pooling path

The UK’s £45 billion Northern LGPS pool has eschewed creating a separate FCA-regulated entity, seeing it as an unnecessary expense. Moves in infrastructure and private equity have also reflected the asset pool’s laser-like focus on keeping costs down.

Sarah Rundell

February 18, 2019

LUCRF’s member profile drives strategy

Leigh Gavin, CIO at Australian industry-fund pioneer LUCRF Super, takes care to match portfolios and costs with the needs of the fund’s low-balance membership. In recent years, this has meant taking on additional risk and questioning fee models in private equity.

 

February 14, 2019

Previous
Load more

Fiduciary Investors Podcast Series

Listen to Podcast

Subscribe now to

Become a member and subscribe

Join Now

Top1000funds.com is the market leading news and analysis site for the world’s largest institutional investors. It focuses on leading the global investment industry to continuous improvement through case studies of best practice in governance and decision making, portfolio construction and efficient portfolio management, fees and costs, and sustainable investing.

The publication pushes the industry to question whether status quo processes and behaviours to tackle risks and opportunities will be sufficient in the future, and actively campaigns for diversity, sustainability, transparency, innovation and better alignment of fees in the investment industry.

Top1000funds.com is read by investment professionals in more than 40 countries.

Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Cookie Policy | AI Editorial Policy