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Dismantling DEI: Investors weigh the risks
Six months on from President Trump's executive order to dismantle once mainstream DEI programs, institutional investors reflect on their concerns regarding returns, recruitment and engagement. But they say some positives could also emerge from the disruption and confusion.
Sarah RundellJuly 10, 2025
Organisational Design
Reconciling ethics and returns in pursuit of a sustainable economy
Can investors and governments balance financial returns with social equity, or will short-term gains prevail? Anastassia Johnson, researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute, tackles the complex debate about what makes a just transition.
Anastassia JohnsonJune 10, 2025
Investor Profile
Railpen talks risks and opportunities in trade upheaval
Investing in currencies and long short equity strategies are two of the opportunities that the UK’s £34 billion Railpen has been exploring in the current volatile environment.
Sarah RundellJune 10, 2025
Investor Profile
Cashed-up CalSTRS positions for opportunities in volatile markets
CalSTRS has plenty of cash as it positions for opportunities emerging out of the current economic volatility. In the longer term, the fund’s asset allocation will continue to move away from global equities into private markets as the dust settles and makes way for more US opportunities.
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Ahead of the Curve: From divergence to convergence?
This article was produced by Capital Group without involvement from the Top1000funds.com editorial team.
Leng OhlssonMay 20, 2025
The Asset Owner Directory is an interactive tool to give readers an insight into the world of global asset owners. It includes key information for the largest asset owners around the world such as key personnel, asset allocation and performance.
| Fund Name | Country | AUM ($B) | Articles | More Info |
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Massachusetts PRIM | United States | $105 | 13 | View Info |
NYC Office of the Comptroller | United States | $282 | 1 | View Info |
California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) | United States | $347 | 126 | View Info |
Swedish Fund Selection Agency | Sweden | $108 | 1 | View Info |
Investor Profile
UK fixed income investor PIC ponders the long term risk of government debt
Rob Groves, CIO of the UK's Pension Insurance Corporation, describes a cautious, heavily regulated strategy focused on fixed income. PIC is on the look out for undervalued corporate credit opportunities appearing in the current market, but few opportunities have appeared yet.
Sarah RundellMay 13, 2025
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FIS Harvard 2025
Behind Norges’ search for pure alpha
Despite uncertainties, Norges Bank is tipping that the US stock market will continue to outperform Europe in the next two decades. The mammoth fund also explained how it carved out a $90 billion pure alpha portfolio from passive investments, overseen only by 8 portfolio managers.
Amanda WhiteJune 4, 2025
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
Leveraging the esteemed Stanford faculty and Silicon Valley location, this event explores AI’s disruptive opportunities; as well as the core investment challenges of risk management, operational excellence and forward-looking capital allocation and portfolio construction techniques.
September 16-18, 2025 | Stanford University, USA
Fiduciary Investors Symposium
This event looks at the challenges long-term investors face in an environment of disruption including ongoing geopolitical risk and shifts in global economy dynamics. By accessing faculty of England’s most esteemed university, this event will leave investors empowered to tackle disruption in their portfolios and working lives.
November 4-6, 2025 | University of Oxford, UK
FIS Harvard 2025
Path to net zero requires honest dialogue about sustainable investing
Leading institutional investors at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard said the industry could benefit from having a franker conversation about sustainable investments, both in terms of what climate goals are achievable on the path to net zero and what is behind the pushback on ESG funds.
Darcy SongMay 26, 2025
Podcasts
The world in flux and Trump’s role in a new equilibrium
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.
STAFF WRITERApril 11, 2025
Featured Story
Why Norges Bank leads the world in transparency
Norges Bank has taken the top spot again in the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark. But perhaps even more extraordinary than the consistency and continuous improvement, this year the fund was awarded a perfect score of 100. Amanda White spoke to CEO Nicolai Tangen on how the fund improved transparency.
Amanda WhiteDecember 17, 2024
Opinion
More funds consider TPA despite challenges
In January 2020, Roger Urwin laid down a call to action for asset owners and corporations to use the decade to drive greater wellbeing and wealth in the lives of their stakeholders. Now halfway through the decade, he reviews the state of play in this complicated picture.
Roger UrwinApril 17, 2025
Asset Allocation
University of California: Equity boost, and fossil fuels back on the table
In a wide ranging investment committee meeting, University of California CIO Jagdeep Singh Bachher argues that rationale for increasing the equity allocation and warns that although excluding fossil fuels currently works 'ok' it may come up for review.
Sarah RundellMay 14, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap
The short-term investment focus of venture capital investors and the withdrawal of government funding are opening the door to asset owners as providers of patient, long-term capital to fill an investment void, the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.
Darcy SongMay 28, 2025
