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Investor Profile

CalPERS bets on outperformance from growing climate allocation

CalPERS' Peter Cashion tells Top1000funds.com how the pension fund's strategy to allocate to climate mitigation, transition and adaptation strategies is allowing it to access an untapped corner of the US market where many investors have retreated because of the policy environment.

Sarah RundellDecember 1, 2025

Opinion

The future is a riskier place than the present

In this regular column for Top1000funds.com, Tim Hodgson of the Thinking Ahead Institute argues that the future is riskier not only because it is uncertain, but because the quantum of risk increases with time. He unpacks what this means for investors' risk analysis and the term 'risk premium'.

Tim HodgsonNovember 25, 2025

Investor Profile

TPA just a new acronym for ‘common sense’: Pennsylvania PSERS CIO

As CalPERS becomes the first US pension fund to adopt a total portfolio approach, Ben Cotton, CIO of $80 billion Pennsylvania PSERS suggests TPA is just another acronym for something investors should already be doing: making decisions for what is best for the whole portfolio.

Sarah RundellNovember 24, 2025

FIS Oxford 2025

APG: Europe’s fragmented market and risk aversion dent opportunities

Ronald Wuijster, chief executive of APG Asset Management, argues that fragmented capital markets and risk aversion are crimping investment opportunities in Europe. But he still sees attractive deals in the quantum and biotechnology sectors.

Sarah RundellNovember 20, 2025

FIS Oxford 2025

How investors are balancing the risks of investing in defence

As European countries increase defence spending, allocators are weighing up the risk and opportunity of allocating more to the sector. For some, investing in defence sits relatively comfortably with stakeholders but for others, investing "in things that kill people" remains a highly controversial conversation.

Sarah RundellNovember 17, 2025

Opinion

Risk depends on your mental model of reality

A lot of words have been written to explore what risk is, but Tim Hodgson of the Thinking Ahead Institute makes the case that risk looks different to different models of reality. This column is the first of a six-part series exploring risk management for investment systems, or ‘risk 2.0’.

Tim HodgsonNovember 4, 2025

Investor Profile

CalPERS bets on outperformance from growing climate allocation

Opinion

The future is a riskier place than the present

Investor Profile

TPA just a new acronym for ‘common sense’: Pennsylvania PSERS CIO

FIS Oxford 2025

APG: Europe’s fragmented market and risk aversion dent opportunities

FIS Oxford 2025

How investors are balancing the risks of investing in defence

Opinion

Risk depends on your mental model of reality

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