COVID Popup Podcast: Curious Quant and Nick Wade discuss if risk models have something to say about pandemic risk.

August 26, 2026

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

August 25, 2026

LACERA braces for lower expected returns across portfolio ahead of SAA review

August 25, 2026

CalPERS’ private markets chief: TPA won’t disrupt PE commitment pacing

August 20, 2026

Letter to the Editor: TPA’s benefits are real, and accessible

In a Letter to the Editor, Stefano Cavaglia and Donald Raymond argue the reported performance gains using TPA are not only plausible but that TPA-like strategies, such as applying an optimizing total portfolio overlay, can provide significant benefits without massive governance changes.

August 26, 2026

Investor Profile

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

August 25, 2026

News

LACERA braces for lower expected returns across portfolio ahead of SAA review

August 25, 2026

Investor Profile

CalPERS’ private markets chief: TPA won’t disrupt PE commitment pacing

August 20, 2026

Research

Lesson learned: How allocators can turn investment experience into a value-creation edge

August 20, 2026

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Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

GPTB 2023: The funds that excelled

The highest scoring funds overall in the 2023 Global Pension Transparency Benchmark were also among the biggest improvers. Both Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global and AustralianSuper increased their scores by 14 points and were the biggest improvers in the top 10. Others included CDPQ, CalPERS, and PFZW.

July 18, 2023

Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

Transparency improvements but more work needed on cost disclosure

This year's GPTB scores reveals an improvement across all of the four value-generating measures of cost, governance, performance and responsible investment, but cost transparency remains a laggard.

July 18, 2023

Asset Allocation

How Railpen keeps illiquid asset allocation on track

New research on private markets at Railpen has produced a framework that focuses on scenario planning and the uncertainty inherent in illiquid investments taking account of “portfolio steerability”, allocation drift and the impact on short-term liquidity management resulting in a more dynamic approach.

July 13, 2023

Sustainability

Energy is the fundamental systemic risk

Tim Hodgson, co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, makes the case that energy is the metaphorical lifeblood of any system, and is therefore the fundamental systemic risk, and that this insight should inform how we go about our net-zero investing.

July 13, 2023

Sustainability

Why investors should integrate green revenues into portfolio construction

A recent paper from Singapore's GIC, FTSERussell and GMO explains why (and how) investors should integrate green revenues into their portfolio construction.

July 11, 2023

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South Africa’s GEPF mulls proposed liquidity pressures

South Africa's pension funds may have to keep much more liquidity on hand if proposed legislation allows beneficiaries to access their retirement savings early. South Africa's GEPF ponders the implications for long-term investment.