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

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.

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Forces of Change: Investing in a World of Cyclical and Structural Drivers

Key Takeaways A blend of cyclical fluctuati Continue Reading A Top1000funds.com subscription unlocks the full article Join the global institutional investment platform read by the world's largest asset owners, fund managers and consultants. New here Create an account Complimentary to register. We'll verify your details and grant access to the archive, our newsletters and the

UK trustees should challenge advisors but government needs to lead change

UK trustees need to do more to hold advisors to account, says MNOPF trustee Rory Murphy who argues consolidation of the country's pension assets and more investment in alternatives will require a transformation of how the entire sector is managed.

Why Textron isn’t investing in private credit

Renowned contrarian investor Charles Van Vleet, CIO of the $10 billion corporate pension fund for US aerospace and defence giant Textron explains why he favours private equity over private credit.

IPERS’ three-pronged approach to active risk: Portable alpha, TAA and ARP

CIO of Iowa Public Employees Retirement System, Siriam Lakshminarayanan, explains its approach to active risk and why portable alpha, alternative risk premium, and tactical asset allocation make a good, three-pronged strategy.

Israel joins European standouts with highest rating in Mercer pension index

For the third consecutive year the retirement income systems of The Netherlands, Iceland and Denmark were given the highest rating in the Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension index, with Israel also joining the top rank this year.

France’s ERAFP builds out private credit after lengthy manager selection

France's ERAFP has just boosted its allocation to private credit after a lengthy manager selection process, renewing and building out existing mandates in a €8 billion allocation begun in 2009.

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