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PFZW’s IC chair explains why cutting equity names hones impact

Professor Dirk Schoenmaker, investment committee chair of the €250 billion ($291 billion) Dutch healthcare pension fund Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), whose expertise has helped inform its "3D" investment strategy, explains why less is more in an equity allocation with fewer stocks.

Sarah RundellSeptember 4, 2025

Technology

NBIM on AI cultural and organisational integration

Sarah RundellAugust 25, 2025

Investor Profile

Dynamic allocation earns alpha: CalSTRS’ one fund approach pays off

Sarah RundellAugust 21, 2025

Real Estate

SWIB: Why real estate investors are still talking about the pandemic

Sarah RundellAugust 19, 2025

Infrastructure

APG’s infra ramp-up: APAC markets in focus

Darcy SongAugust 18, 2025

Investor Profile

BCI: A masterclass in private debt

British Columbia Investment Management Corporation has been investing in private debt since 2018. Global head of public markets Daniel Garant, whose team oversees private debt, articulates the secrets of success at a time of fierce competition for returns as more investors pile into the asset class, tightening credit spreads.

Sarah RundellAugust 14, 2025

Investor Profile

A rock and a hard place: GEPF on the challenges of transitioning coal

Reducing exposure to the risk in coal is particularly challenging for South Africa’s $122 billion Government Employees Pension Fund. ESG manager Belaina Negash explains the complexities due to the industry's tie with the economy and the fund's transition framework.

Sarah RundellAugust 12, 2025

Private Credit

Mid-market, asset-backed private credit shines for growing Asian allocators

Asia's growing investors, including university endowments and family offices, are hunting for returns in lower-middle market and asset-backed private credit. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, head of Asian clients at the $92 billion OCIO Cambridge Associates, Prabhat Ojha, talks manager selection and Asian allocators' rising appetite for alternatives.

Darcy SongAugust 11, 2025

Asset Allocation

France’s FRR ups risk in line with longer term investment horizon

Fonds de reserve pour les retraites (FRR), France’s €21 billion ($24 billion) pension reserve fund, has increased its weighting to equity in line with a new strategic asset allocation to reflect the investor's longer return horizon. It is also eyeing more unlisted assets including private equity, private debt and infrastructure.

Sarah RundellAugust 7, 2025

Investor Profile

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.

Sarah RundellAugust 5, 2025

Asset Allocation

University of California: Less is more and simple is better in investing

Jagdeep Singh Bachher, the CIO who oversees the University of California's $198 billion in pension and endowment assets, says that he wants to keep investment simple as the fund removed its hedge fund allocation completely, conceding "it’s not one of the things we are good at doing".

Sarah RundellJuly 31, 2025

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