Scoring from GPIF’s treasure trove
The world’s largest institutional investor entered a new era last year — and shrank. At the start of the fiscal term on 1 April, the Government Pension Investment Fund had assets of 116 trillion yen,...
View ArticleInstitutional asset management’s global leaders 2011
It’s rankings season again and league tables showing the top fund managers in the world’s Big Four defined-benefit pensions markets are all now available: from Pensions & Investments (on the US),...
View ArticleDemographics drive institutional cash abroad, but big ¥ barrier
With a trove of US$3,363 billion Japan remains home to the world’s second largest pool of retirement savings behind the US, which has US$16,080bn, and ahead of the UK, at US$2,394bn, according to...
View ArticleBig rise likely in Japanese pension funds’ foreign investment
Japan’s pension funds will send a wall of money overseas once they become convinced that the seemingly inexorable rise of the yen has finally been tamed. Collectively worth 285 trillion yen*, the...
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