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August 20, 2026

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

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LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check

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

Anton Orlich, CalPERS' newly minted deputy chief investment officer for private markets, says the fund’s July adoption of the total portfolio approach will not impede the private equity strategy launched in 2022, arguing that short-term relative-value calls made under TPA would be expressed in liquid markets and not by oscillating commitments to private markets. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, Orlich unpacks the asset class’s four-year transformation.

August 20, 2026

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

August 20, 2026

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An announcement from the editor

August 19, 2026

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LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check

August 18, 2026

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Why ACC investment chief believes CIOs should stay hands-on with portfolios

August 18, 2026

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Sustainability

TRS rethinks proxy benchmarks on climate

Texas Teachers has kicked back against its proxy advisor ratcheting up voting powers on companies subject to its benchmark policy climate provisions. Rather than blindly follow climate voting advice, TRS will introduce a customised benchmark to give it freedom to vote in accordance with the pension fund’s "best economic interests".

February 22, 2022

Investor Profile

Railpen: Why internally run engagement makes the difference

Railpen, well known for its belief in the cost and control benefits of inhouse management visible in its large in-house team has also built up an internal engagement team to better align stewardship with its ESG objectives, particularly ambitious net zero targets.

February 21, 2022

Risk

Kotkin warns of Ukraine break up as key geopolitical risk

It is not war between Russia and Ukraine that investors should be concerned about, according to Professor Stephen Kotkin, but the destabilising effects of Russia’s actions that could impact globalisation and harm the west. Watch this video interview with Princeton University's geopolitical expert.

February 17, 2022

Investor Profile

CalSTRS’ cautious outlook

CalSTRS' long-time CIO, Chris Ailman, is cautious about the outlook for markets with his "spider senses" working over time trying to understand the hidden risks in the economy. He told Amanda White the fund will focus the year on allocating to diversifying strategies and climate solutions.

February 15, 2022

Governance

Internalisation drives value added for large funds

Size matters in institutional investing, but how exactly does it result in better returns? Research by CEM Benchmarking shows large, internalised, active investors produce more net value added than small, externalised, passive investors. Internalising private markets is a significant predictor of value add.

February 14, 2022

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PensionDanmark’s alternative ambition

Danish pension fund PensionDanmark is not only providing its members with robust returns, it's also leading Denmark's ambitions to become the "new Norway" but in green energy rather than oil and gas.