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Private Credit

WSIB edges towards standalone private credit, eyeing best GPs

Unlike many other US institutional investors, Washington State Investment Board has not built out a large private credit allocation. This autumn the board will decide on the size and shape of a standalone allocation in which partnering with top quartile GPs will be essential.

Sarah RundellJune 17, 2025

Governance

Dismantling DEI: Investors weigh the risks

Six months on from President Trump's executive order to dismantle once mainstream DEI programs, institutional investors reflect on concerns regarding returns, recruitment and engagement. Top1000funds.com surveys a variety of views amongst the disruption arguing it is an opportunity to reframe the issue and articulate what DEI means.

Sarah RundellJune 11, 2025

Investor Profile

Dutch insurer NN flags loose lending and copious capital in private credit

Marieke van Kamp, head of private markets at Dutch insurer NN, flags growing risks in private credit. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, she also outlines NN's partnership model with managers and argues the case for sustainable real estate.

Sarah RundellJune 5, 2025

Investor Profile

Austria’s VBV strives to give young savers more risk exposure

Günther Schiendl, chair of Austria's VBV Pension Fund board explains how he's enabling younger savers to access more equity investment. However, despite long-held plans to develop the allocation to private equity, US tariff and trade policy has halted the strategy for now.

Sarah RundellMay 14, 2025

Investor Profile

UK fixed income investor PIC ponders the long term risk of government debt

Rob Groves, CIO of the UK's Pension Insurance Corporation, describes a cautious, heavily regulated strategy focused on fixed income. PIC is on the look out for undervalued corporate credit opportunities appearing in the current market, but few opportunities have appeared yet.

Sarah RundellMay 13, 2025

Investor Profile

Afore SURA: Mexico’s pension fund muscles in on the big deals

CIO Andrew Moreno charts the growth of $60 billion SURA Mexico, which sits on 20 limited partner advisory committees and has helped steer government policies. It is opening the door to strategies that would normally be out of reach for Mexican savers, some of whom only have $5000 in savings.

Sarah RundellMay 6, 2025

Private Credit

WSIB edges towards standalone private credit, eyeing best GPs

Governance

Dismantling DEI: Investors weigh the risks

Investor Profile

Dutch insurer NN flags loose lending and copious capital in private credit

Investor Profile

Austria’s VBV strives to give young savers more risk exposure

Investor Profile

UK fixed income investor PIC ponders the long term risk of government debt

Investor Profile

Afore SURA: Mexico’s pension fund muscles in on the big deals

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