Future Fund looks to slash external tech spend in cost-cutting drive
Australia’s Future Fund is hoping to find tens of millions in cost savings by consolidating arrangements with external data and tech providers and putting a number of roles under review as it reconsiders resourcing in a volatile investment environment that it “expects to endure”.
CalPERS ties pay to collaboration, total fund results under TPA
The $556 billion CalPERS is considering a more complete integration of “collaboration” and total fund results as performance metrics for its executives and investment team as it makes headway in its shift to the total portfolio approach.
The future belongs to investors who can adapt
Canada’s HOOPP has officially adopted the total portfolio approach since the start of 2026. Unpacking the move, the fund’s managing director and head of total portfolio group Jacky Lee writes that while the approach doesn’t magically make the return better, the fact that it frees the investment team from outdated processes and gives investment leaders the flexibility to act is what gives it an edge.
GPIF positions its alternatives database as first gate in manager selection
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund will soon look to expand its alternatives database project, which evaluates the performance of private markets GPs, to cover more funds. Director of research and analytics speaks with Top1000funds.com on how the $2 trillion pension giant will position the system as its first point of reference for private market manager due diligence.
Active management needed to navigate AI boom
AI dominates today’s portfolios, but the failures will outweigh the successes without genuine active management argues Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Aziz Hamzaogullari.
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| Fund Name | Country | AUM ($B) | Articles | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Future Fund | Australia | $163 | 97 | View Info |
California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) | United States | $563 | 312 | View Info |
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) | Canada | $90 | 45 | View Info |
Temasek Holdings | Singapore | $336 | 21 | View Info |
Why Lothian is ready to lead on LGPS pooling – if it comes to Scotland
Scotland’s Lothian Pension Fund’s celebrated inhouse management affords active management at the price of passive and the ability to shape specific mandates with managers. It also positions the fund to lead on pooling – if pooling comes to Scotland’s LGPS funds.
Investors boost inflation-hedging amid geopolitical conflicts; eye tactical shifts
Inflation hedging is back on top of the agenda for investors as conflict in the Middle East drives up energy prices globally, but the FIS Singapore heard that many portfolios are not well-prepared for the broad ways through which inflation can creep through. The new era of significant trade and capital flow shifts driven by modern mercantilism is also throwing out TAA opportunities.
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Oil crisis: Curb or catalyst to the green transition?
The blockage of the Strait of Hormuz has left the world facing another energy crisis and warning bells of a global recession are growing increasingly shrill. Ostensibly, the crisis could also push the energy transition back as governments and companies scramble to shoulder the cost of $100 per barrel of oil and prepare for higher
APAC equities moves from tactical to structural buys
The outperformance of APAC equities in 2025 has reignited interest among asset owners in allocating towards the region, but Franklin Templeton’s investment strategist Christy Tan argues the investment case for APAC has shifted from a tactical to a structural buy. She unpacks the reasoning in conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song.
CPP Investments, NBIM reflect on lessons from a 5-year transparency journey
The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark has been a driving force in improved transparency of disclosures and reporting among global asset owners. As the project comes to its close after five years, two leading funds reflect on why transparency has been a clear focus for their organisations.
Conflict in Iran: Investors mute the noise but inflation risk grows
Investors are watching conflict in the Middle East closely as inflationary pressures begin to build beneath the surface. One of the challenges for many investors is reduced exposure to the hedging benefits of fossil fuels in listed, and private markets.
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Strategy and reporting under the microscope: Denmark’s ATP awaits review
Denmark’s ATP is awaiting a review that will report on the strength of its investment strategy, and suggest how to simplify reporting. But additional transparency must not hurt the future returns for members, warns Allan Japhetson, head of investment strategy at ATP.
Iceland’s LV mulls more EM exposures, PE co-investments after SAA review
Iceland’s LV is eyeing more emerging markets allocation and private equity co-investments after conducting an SAA review, which will be finalised in the first half of 2026. CIO Arne Vagn Olsen says the shift is designed to make the $11 billion pension fund future-ready.
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