Bonds

Investor Profile

Wellcome Trust’s cautious approach: Cash pile grows waiting for opportunity

Wellcome Trust is holding nearly 10 per cent of its £37.6 billion portfolio in cash and bonds as it waits for sufficiently interesting long-term investment opportunities to arise - namely a big fall in public equities that would absorb large-scale funds quickly.

Sarah RundellMarch 10, 2025

Sustainability Oxford 2023

Impact investors, be wary of labeled bonds

Clarity around capital allocation and defined investment frameworks have made labeled bonds a lucrative opportunity for many impact investors. However, Oyin Oduya, impact measurement and management practice leader at the $1 trillion Wellington Management said the reality is not that straightforward.

Darcy SongNovember 13, 2023

Investor Profile

Why Textron isn’t investing in private credit

Renowned contrarian investor Charles Van Vleet, CIO of the $10 billion corporate pension fund for US aerospace and defence giant Textron explains why he favours private equity over private credit.

Sarah RundellOctober 31, 2023

Asset Allocation

The problem with UK government pressure on pension funds to diversify

UK politicians are urging the country's pension funds to invest less in Gilts and more in riskier and complex assets including young UK companies, and infrastructure. Railpen's John Greaves, head of investment strategy and research explains the various problems with the plan.

Sarah RundellMay 29, 2023

Investor Profile

France’s FRR on policy environment, deglobalization and the bad ESG premium

Executive director of France’s SWF, Olivier Rousseau, a long-time critic of grindingly low bond yields which he has called a "tragedy" for pension funds, can’t hide his enthusiasm for today’s environment of higher interest rates and fiscal tightening after a decade of financial repression.

Sarah RundellApril 27, 2023

Investor Profile

HOOPP eyes bonds as source of incredible return once again

Given current levels in real interest rates, real return bonds (namely Canadian government bonds and US Tips) represent an 'incredible' return compared to the underlying risk, Canada's HOOPP plans to build on its exposure.

Sarah RundellMarch 23, 2023

Investor Profile

Wellcome Trust’s cautious approach: Cash pile grows waiting for opportunity

Sustainability Oxford 2023

Impact investors, be wary of labeled bonds

Investor Profile

Why Textron isn’t investing in private credit

Asset Allocation

The problem with UK government pressure on pension funds to diversify

Investor Profile

France’s FRR on policy environment, deglobalization and the bad ESG premium

Investor Profile

HOOPP eyes bonds as source of incredible return once again

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