Australia’s sovereign wealth fund has handed mandates to external active managers and built a dedicated treasury management function, six years after going all-in on passive index strategies. It is is also on the hunt for early stage venture opportunities as it continues to forecast challenging conditions and higher persistent inflation.
Sujoy Bose played a central role in setting up India’s celebrated sovereign development fund, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund. He explains how NIFF’s governance combines a perfect combination of sovereign comfort for investors seeking Indian exposure alongside the discipline and freedom to hunt returns.
The sprawling potential of AI presents asset owners with unprecedented opportunities as investors and as businesses. Asset owners from around the world will gather at Stanford University to hear from visionaries on the practical applications and ethical considerations of AI as a tool to improve decision making and efficiency.
Size and scale are not always advantages. Against the backdrop of tougher market conditions, CPP Investments’ global head of private equity Suyi Kim says successfully managing what could be the world’s largest private equity allocation a program will depend on successfully managing the large team.
Hanna Hiidenpalo, Elo’s CIO discusses progress around internal management, the impact of Finnish equities on the portfolio, and the fund’s sustainability program which includes a target of carbon-neutral energy use in direct real estate by 2027.
In a nod to headwinds including climate change, evolving demographics, and the future economic outlook the $85.5 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund will use a slightly lower real rate of return to inform its upcoming actuarial valuation with the 2023 ALM scenario planning focusing on climate risk.
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