Texas Teacher Retirement System, the $211.6 billion Austin-based pension fund, has an asset allocation that is built to withstand the “extraordinary times” and adverse climate investors face today. The fund’s 21 per cent allocation to stable value to stand the test of recession has proven most robust.
Biodiversity loss is one of the top global risks in terms of its impact and likelihood, yet it is completely overshadowed by climate change and is not well understood. Anastassia Johnson, researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute, explores the intersection of both issues and what investors should do about them.
Growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, amidst volatile trade policies and turbulent foreign relations, requires asset owners to rethink their core fixed income allocation and take a more global view to beef up the resilience and robustness of their broader portfolio.
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.
The investors which will do well in times of market volatility will have the ability to do extensive, forward-looking scenario analysis, move assets tactically and dynamically and have liquidity. Top1000funds.com looks at investor reactions to tariff-induced market volatility.
APG Asset Management is bullish on Asia’s growth prospects, with local CEO Thijs Aaten saying he would like to eventually see half of the Dutch pension fund’s real assets invested in the region.
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