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AP7 shifts gears as boosted alternatives allocation comes to life

Sweden’s SEK 900 billion ($84 billion) AP7 can finally invest up to 20 per cent of its assets in alternative, illiquid investments. A new allocation to infrastructure and targets to double private equity are in the offing following the fund dipping a first toe in real estate.

Sarah RundellJune 21, 2023

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

Asset Allocation

Ilmarinen sheds bonds for real value

Ilmarinen CIO Mikko Mursula looks to shrink its holdings in bonds while adding real estate and equity away from Europe, as the fund seeks protection from potential interest rate moves.

Sarah RundellFebruary 24, 2017

Asset Classes

How GPFG built its property portfolio

In the six years since Norway’s finance ministry approved the $871 billion Government Pension Fund Global invest in foreign real estate, its real estate arm has built a substantial portfolio.

Sarah RundellOctober 19, 2016

Uncategorised posts

Investors need to revamp portfolio construction

Investors should re-consider their investment processes in order to achieve the needed “step-change in efficient portfolio construction” in a low return environment, the chief executive of the A$109 billion ($83 billion) Future Fund, David Neal, says. “It is the investment process that turns the universe of opportunities into a portfolio, and right now that process […]

Amanda WhiteApril 1, 2015

Investor Profile

Equities bias for Nottinghamshire local fund

An equities-biased strategy for the Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Scheme is against the trend for funds in the UK, but the local government scheme has no plans to de-risk as it tries to make up its funding level. The strategy of the £3.5 billion ($5.7 billion) Nottinghamshire Local Government Pension Scheme, one of the […]

Sarah RundellDecember 6, 2013

Asset Classes

AP7 shifts gears as boosted alternatives allocation comes to life

Investor Profile

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

Asset Allocation

Ilmarinen sheds bonds for real value

Asset Classes

How GPFG built its property portfolio

Uncategorised posts

Investors need to revamp portfolio construction

Investor Profile

Equities bias for Nottinghamshire local fund

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