external management

Investor Profile

The challenge of asset owners top-down bottom-up alignment with managers

For pension funds with a large roster of external managers, balancing the integration of top-down strategy with managers’ bottom-up implementation is one of the most challenging tasks says Mark Walker, CIO of Coal Pension. The key is to ensure external managers truly understand the strategic goals for the allocation.

Sarah RundellJanuary 31, 2023

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LGPS Central balances internal management vs net of fees performance

Mike Weston, CEO of LGPS Central is spearheading a push into illiquid and inflation proof assets. Although Central is all set up to manage assets internally, the latest batch of mandates will be externally managed reflecting the asset manager's strict guidance around net of fees performance.

Sarah RundellSeptember 6, 2022

Investor Profile

External equity: A worry at Wellcome

The £26.8 billion Wellcome Trust continues to reduce its allocation to external equities managers as the investment committee focuses on currency exposures, ESG and hedge funds,the impact of low interest rates and the position of the credit cycle in 2020.

Sarah RundellJanuary 20, 2020