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UK corporate DB consolidation: TPT throws its hat in the ring
Trustees and employers overseeing the UK’s 5,000 corporate pension plans, which hold an estimated £1.2 trillion ($1.6 trillion), have another option to help manage their defined benefit assets following TPT Retirement Solutions’ proposal for a new superfund that will access managers through a fund-of-funds structure.
How the tech surge has hit active management at Denmark’s AP Pension
The active equity strategy of Denmark’s €23 billion AP Pension – which focuses on a narrow exposure to a small set of high conviction, quality companies – has been hit by the surge in tech stocks, none more so than Nvidia. Investment director Pernille Jessen explains the problem.
Ignore diversification: BCI’s Dunatov
Stefan Dunatov, head of investment strategy and risk at Canada’s $170 billion British Columbia Investment Management, says long term investors should forget about diversification at the strategic level and instead focus on buying growth beta assets.
Inflation hedge drives ATP’s investment implementation
Denmark’s largest pension fund and the 29th largest in the world, ATP, is not leaving anything to luck when it comes to providing a guaranteed return for its members. Kristen Paech talks to chief investment officer, Bjarne Graven Larsen, about the various risk management methods the fund has implemented across its portfolio. The DKK400 billion
Cash and overweight to US equities pays at New Jersey
The New Jersey Division of Investment generated double digit returns in fiscal year 2024 while maintaining good liquidity and dry powder on hand with an overweight to cash and cash equivalents. The cash position is likely to decline through 2025 given the robust pipeline in new private market opportunities.
US endowments interested in outsourcing to multi-managers
A significant proportion of US endowments and other non-profit funds are at least “moderately interested” in outsourcing their investment management to a multi-manager model in the wake of the global financial crisis, according to a new survey by SEI Investments Company.
NEST comes of age
The fast-growing UK DC fund, NEST, is reviewing its objectives and so how it allocates assets. Amanda White spoke to deputy CIO, Elizabeth Fernando about the implications for investments.
Spain’s Caixa boosts risk off allocation
In an overhaul of investments impacting almost every asset class, Spain’s largest corporate pension fund, is looking to increase diversification and improve its ESG ratings. It’s decreased equities in favour of US government bonds as part of a strategy to protect the portfolio in a potential downturn, this strategy also includes tail risk hedging, currency hedging and slashing its hedge funds allocation.
Spotlight on Copenhagen
Convener of the P8 Summits- a group of 12 of the world’s largest pension funds tasked with influencing policy makers on climate change – and deputy director of the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, Aled Jones, examines the Copenhagen Accord and what it means for investors.
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