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IMCO World View: Active strategies, diversification and liquidity focus
Canadian pension investor IMCO is bracing for higher inflation and a weaker US dollar in 2026, as the $62 billion fund said investors need to protect diversification and liquidity in a volatile environment and be wary of risks in passive investments. In a podcast, chief strategist Nick Chamie unpacked the asset allocation insights, which were released in the annual IMCO World View paper, in conversation with Top1000funds.com editor Amanda White.
March 23, 2026
Risk
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.
March 19, 2026
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Dynamic diversification: CalSTRS’ One Fund approach navigates uncertainty
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UTIMCO flags AI overweight; tweaks equity as US exceptionalism wanes
UTIMCO measures its AI exposure via analysis of how investee companies have integrated the technology. It reveals a 5 per cent overweight to AI thanks mostly to hedge fund strategies and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the investor pointed to history to flag a likely reversal to the mean in global equity markets.
March 12, 2026
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Why Lothian is ready to lead on LGPS pooling – if it comes to Scotland
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Infrastructure investors look beyond US to capture Europe’s green premium
Europe, buoyed by a new competitiveness roadmap and its ongoing commitment to the climate transition, is set to attract more institutional capital, IFM’s latest research shows.
February 18, 2026
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Private asset funds are no longer fit-for-purpose
December 09, 2025
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Arguments for optimism: Why investors are looking on the bright side
November 17, 2025
Asset Owner Directory
The Asset Owner Directory is an interactive tool to give readers an insight into the world of global asset owners. It includes key information for the largest asset owners around the world such as key personnel, asset allocation and performance.
| Fund Name | Country | AUM ($B) | Articles | More Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) | United States | $368 | 133 | View Info |
AP Fonden 2 (AP2) | Sweden | $48 | 44 | View Info |
ATP | Denmark | $110 | 64 | View Info |
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) | Canada | $90 | 43 | View Info |
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Chicago Teachers: Where succession fears put managers on watch
In a recent investment committee meeting, trustees at Chicago Teachers heard how succession risk at external managers can hit not only returns but also managers’ ability to bring ideas into the investment process and consistency around portfolio construction and implementation.
March 03, 2026
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Iceland’s LV mulls more EM exposures, PE co-investments after SAA review
February 26, 2026
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Strategy and reporting under the microscope: Denmark’s ATP awaits review
February 24, 2026
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FIS Oxford 2025
Why allocators need a ‘continuous exploration’ mindset for AI adoption
Asset owners are seeing a major shift in data management and analytics as AI enables more efficient investment processes. CPP Investments and OPTrust outline how the technology is being progressively integrated into their funds.
November 21, 2025
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Fiduciary Investors Symposium
This event looks at the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption including ongoing geopolitical risk and shifts in global economic dynamics. By accessing faculty of Harvard’s esteemed university, this event will leave investors empowered to tackle disruption in their portfolios and working lives.
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
The Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University celebrates the fast-moving change taking place in economies and communities and will examine the impact of innovation on our lives, workplaces and investments.
Sustainability
Featured Story
West Yorkshire prepares to up the pressure on Shell and BP
A new approach to holding the major oil companies to account will see the West Yorkshire Pension Fund, together with a cohort of other UK and European pension funds, demand BP and Shell explain their business plans in a world of declining demand for fossil fuels.
February 10, 2026
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Europe rearms, defence returns surge, asset owners rethink exposure
December 18, 2025
Podcasts
Podcasts
Why active managers are mimicking the flaw of passive benchmarks
AI dominates today’s portfolios, but the failures will outweigh the successes without genuine active management argues Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Aziz Hamzaogullari.
March 16, 2026
Fiduciary Investors Series
Stephen Kotkin on regional conflicts, and the one war investors can’t price
March 10, 2026
Fiduciary Investors Podcast Series
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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.
October 31, 2025
Global Pension Transparency Benchmark
Global pension funds lift transparency, but cost reporting still lags
October 30, 2025
Global Pension Transparency Benchmark
Norway’s GPFG keeps most transparent pension fund title with perfect score
October 30, 2025
Risk
Risk
NBIM quantifies the portfolio threat of economic fragmentation
An economically fragmented world, where different economic blocs refuse to collaborate, impose tariffs and restrict foreign investments, would have disastrous consequences on the $2.2 trillion portfolio of Norges Bank Investment Management. Its latest stress test offers a rare glimpse into the concrete portfolio impact of deglobalisation.
February 09, 2026
Opinion
Learning to see with a risk 2.0 lens
January 05, 2026
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Texas Teachers’ CIO questions TPA, DAA value-add
Chief investment officer of the $225 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas Jase Auby has voiced reservations about the total portfolio approach, particularly regarding the robustness of its central feature, the top-down decision-making process. He also outlined why the fund doesn’t consider dynamic asset allocation a durable source of alpha.
February 19, 2026
Asset Allocation
TRS strikes gold: Tiny allocation crushes its benchmark
December 11, 2025
Asset Classes
Infrastructure
Aware Super mulls return to infra funds; builds AI-driven data edge
Aware Super is considering a return to infrastructure funds after years of favouring direct investments. The infrastructure allocation currently stands at $15 billion and the fund sees benefits to access a “broader set of offerings” and opportunity sets via fund commitments to GPs, its head of infrastructure Mark Hector says.
February 17, 2026
Private Credit
HOOPP: Light covenants in private credit are a growing source of concern
February 11, 2026
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‘We are way ahead’: How Fairfax County bagged staggering crypto returns
Fairfax County Employees’ Retirement System says its allocation to digital assets has become the best-performing investment in the fund’s history. The $6.3 billion pension plan first invested in blockchain infrastructure and digital assets through venture funds in 2019, and early distributions are now beginning to arrive.
Sarah Rundell
March 24, 2026