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Investors need to revamp portfolio construction

Investors should re-consider their investment processes in order to achieve the needed “step-change in efficient portfolio construction” in a low return environment, the chief executive of the A$109 billion ($83 billion) Future Fund, David Neal, says. “It is the investment process that turns the universe of opportunities into a portfolio, and right now that process […]
Amanda WhiteApril 1, 2015
Investor Profile

Equities bias for Nottinghamshire local fund

An equities-biased strategy for the Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Scheme is against the trend for funds in the UK, but the local government scheme has no plans to de-risk as it tries to make up its funding level.   The strategy of the £3.5 billion ($5.7 billion) Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the […]
Sarah RundellDecember 6, 2013
Investor Profile

Full throttle, part time at BP fund

Sally Bridgeland, chief executive of BP Pension Trustees, the £18.5-billion ($28.7 billion) pension fund for employees of one the world’s biggest oil companies, only works part-time. She made the decision after a near-fatal skiing accident when she says her life passed before her. She is BP’s first group leader to do so and is evangelical […]
Sarah RundellAugust 30, 2013
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