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

Transport for London Pension Fund styled a bespoke benchmark to gold in its Pure Alpha mandate with Bridgewater. It has added hundreds of millions of pounds to the portfolio, says chief investment officer Padmesh Shukla. In a wide-ranging conversation, he also explains the rationale for reducing equity to just 18 per cent of the total fund and why emerging markets aren't offering the diversification or returns they used to.

Sarah Rundell

August 25, 2026

Ohio sounds warning bells on PE liquidity logjam

Farouki Majeed, chief investment officer of the $23 billion Ohio School Employees Retirement System, has highlighted worrying signs in private equity that resulted from a backlog of exits, including industry murmurs that some GPs are having to borrow money to operate their business because LP fees are drying up. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, Majeed unpacks why its 12 per cent PE allocation is shielded from the rout.

Sarah Rundell

May 21, 2026

If the gold asset fits, wear it

The debate over gold’s value as a financial asset will always be intense. But investors should look past the rhetoric to the evidence, when making a decision about whether it’s right for their po

Phil Edwards

October 10, 2017

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