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Florida State Board of Administration has built an active credit portfolio spanning public and private markets, CIO Lamar Taylor says the initiative could be the first step in a broader shift away from traditional asset-class investing towards a framework centred on return drivers and risk exposures.
Farouki Majeed, chief investment officer of the $23 billion Ohio School Employees Retirement System, has highlighted worrying signs in private equity that resulted from a backlog of exits, including industry murmurs that some GPs are having to borrow money to operate their business because LP fees are drying up. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, Majeed unpacks why its 12 per cent PE allocation is shielded from the rout.
Temasek chief executive Dilhan Pillay says the sovereign investor is likely to miss its 2030 interim climate target, as exposures to the aviation and power generation sectors are crimping the investor’s ability to reduce portfolio target emissions. But the $339 billion fund is sticking to its net zero by 2050 goal, stressing the slower decarbonisation pace "reflects the realities of the broader global economy."
Australia’s $36 billion Funds SA has slashed tracking error in its equities book and is reorienting its philosophy around stable beta, as chief investment officer Con Michalakis argues the role of alpha in a multi-asset portfolio needs a fundamental rethink.
Three of the largest US pension funds, managing a combined $1 trillion in assets, have demanded a meeting with SpaceX executives ahead of its speculated blockbuster IPO warning that its proposed corporate plan could be “the most management-favourable governance structure ever brought to the US public markets”.
Top Australian allocators have conceded it is time to rethink the underweight positions to China which have characterised their portfolios, as the Asian superpower’s intensifying AI race with the US creates attractive opportunities.
Divesting from the oil sector has been a boon for La Caisse’s performance, as the Canadian pension giant says its energy investments have earned billions in value-add compared to the benchmark since the inception of its climate strategy. Head of sustainability Bertrand Millot unpacks the fund’s approach in an interview with Top1000funds.com.
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