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FIS Oxford 2025

Apollo: Integration crucial for Europe’s investment future

Tristram Leach, the London-based head of investments at Apollo, said a lack of integration among the fragmented European regulatory and market structures is making it harder for investors to deploy in the region. He warned that, without deeper coordination, Europe risks missing out on the global capital rotation.
FIS Oxford 2025

Expect a 5-to-10-year wait for 401(k) plans to enter private markets

The risk of litigation and liquidity concerns mean America's 401(k) funds won't venture into private markets for five to 10 years, said T. Rowe Price's Michael Davis, speaking at FIS Oxford. But he said legislation has played a powerful role in shaping the US retirement industry.
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APG private markets CIO articulates the value of being based in Asia

Dutch investor APG is showing its deep commitment to Asia by installing its chief investment officer of private markets in the Hong Kong office, a prime location from which to proactively source opportunities. The fund outlines its plan to increase allocation in infrastructure and private equity while integrating impact themes.
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NEST’s private markets strategic review includes manager scrutiny

NEST is conducting a strategic review of its private markets allocation to ensure the program – launched in 2020 – is still capturing a liquidity premium for its young member base. Its private market head explains the key seams including no performance fees and evergreen structures to monitor deployment.
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Solving for retirement: All paths lead to more private savings

The most significant change to the superannuation and pension system is not the internalisation of asset management, or the shift to passive strategies, or the rise of private markets but the climbing support ratio globally, according to Michael Davis, head of global retirement strategy at T. Rowe Price.
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.

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Investor Profile

NZ Super co-CIOs chart TPA vision; hunt for new alpha sources

As NZ Super nuts out growing pains in processes and technology, it has made some recent decisions to change its governance route including appointing two co-CIOs, Brad Dunstan and Will Goodwin, last year. In an interview, they discuss the co-delegation model, the evolution of TPA, and new alpha sources.

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FIS Stanford 2025

Condoleezza Rice: Globalisation’s borderless era is coming undone

Condoleezza Rice, the 66th US Secretary of State and current director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, said the new world order will have several characteristics of which there are already signs: more protectionist trade policies, a redistribution of security burdens, and louder voices for those marginalised in globalisation. 
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Fiduciary Investors Symposium

The global economy is increasingly bifurcated between the US, Europe and Asia and how the growth projections and geopolitical risks between these regions plays out is of increasing interest to asset owners. This event looks at the return and impact opportunities in the region, and the importance of Asia in the global economy.

March 24-25, 2026 | Raffles Hotel, Singapore

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.

June 1-3, 2026 | Harvard University, USA
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Opinion

Resilience: Abdicating from transformational change?

Will the relentless pursuit of efficiency undermine our ability to build a resilient and sustainable future? Andrea Caloisi, a researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, explores how complex systems, driven by short-term optimisation, may be fuelling long-term fragility.
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The world in flux and Trump’s role in a new equilibrium

The second Trump administration has so far brought a lot of things: market shocks, volatile trade policies, and turbulent foreign relationships. But beyond the chaos, renowned geopolitics expert Stephen Kotkin says Trump has an unwitting role to help the world rebalance and reach a “new equilibrium” in the global order.

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Global Pension Transparency Benchmark
Global Pension Transparency Benchmark

Global pension funds lift transparency, but cost reporting still lags

Global asset owners have made significant advancements in the transparency of disclosures with the industry, showing unprecedented alignment with best practices in performance, responsible investing and governance disclosures. However, cost reporting continues to be a pain point.
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AP4: Why a dynamic, shorter term allocation is paying off

Volatile markets have provided a rich hunting ground and opportunistic best ideas have come thick and fast for AP4’s new five-pronged global allocation made up of systematic equity, currency and rates, asset allocation, hedge funds/external mandates and analysis. Magdalena Högberg explains the risks and opportunities of the best ideas allocation.
Asset Allocation
Asset Allocation

South Carolina lifts private equity and credit as cashflow turns positive

The South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission's improved liquidity position has allowed the plan to tilt its portfolio towards unlisted asset classes, including private equity and private credit. The fund grew fast thanks to funding reform, improved salaries, and positive investment returns and is now looking to boost long-term performance.
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Infrastructure

APG’s answer to aligning government and investment goals in infrastructure

An increasing push to invest in home markets means asset owners need better frameworks for aligning government expectations with investment goals. APG’s three-pronged approach for public infrastructure investments could act as a guide for other investors looking to balance fiduciary duty with political demands.