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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

Investor Profile

The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

Jase Auby, TRS's celebrated CIO, explains why TPA doesn't fit with its culture; why community push back on data centres could turn out to be an investor advantage, and argues the case for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Top1000funds.com sat down with the CIO in his Austin office for an all-encompassing conversation.

Sarah Rundell

July 09, 2026

Featured Story

Long term lens shields Colorado from private credit jitters

As concerns in private credit mount, Colorado PERA CIO and COO Amy McGarrity says the pension fund isn’t seeing any strains in its growing allocation to the asset class, arguing that long-term investors are shielded from the risks because they can lock up their capital to weather market cycles.

Sarah Rundell

April 28, 2026

Investor Profile

AP4: Why a dynamic, shorter term allocation is paying off

Volatile markets have provided a rich hunting ground and opportunistic best ideas have come thick and fast for AP4’s new five-pronged global allocation made up of systematic equity, currency and rates, asset allocation, hedge funds/external mandates and analysis. Magdalena Högberg explains the risks and opportunities of the best ideas allocation.

Sarah Rundell

August 05, 2025

Asset Allocation

University of California: Less is more and simple is better in investing

Jagdeep Singh Bachher, the CIO who oversees the University of California's $198 billion in pension and endowment assets, says that he wants to keep investment simple as the fund removed its hedge fund allocation completely, conceding "it’s not one of the things we are good at doing".

Sarah Rundell

July 31, 2025

Investor Profile

Finland’s Ilmarinen prepares to increase risk ahead of new pension rules

Ilmarinen, Finland’s €63 billion ($73 billion) pension insurer, is laying the ground to significantly increase its equity allocation ahead of new pension rules in the country. CIO Mikko Mursula is preparing for a sharp increase in volatility of annual returns and the enhanced role and importance of diversifying the portfolio.

Sarah Rundell

July 14, 2025

Investor Profile

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

Investor Profile

The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

Featured Story

Long term lens shields Colorado from private credit jitters

Investor Profile

AP4: Why a dynamic, shorter term allocation is paying off

Asset Allocation

University of California: Less is more and simple is better in investing

Investor Profile

Finland’s Ilmarinen prepares to increase risk ahead of new pension rules

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