Asset Allocation
Japan GPIF Invests $3.7 Billion in Morningstar Gender Diversity Index
The index is designed to emphasize Japanese companies with strong gender and diversity policies.
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Research
Japan GPIF Foreign Equity Managers Rate Top TCFD Disclosure Firms
Microsoft and BHP were cited the most by asset managers as providing the best climate risk information.
Asset Allocation
Japan’s GPIF Suffers 4th Straight Quarterly Loss for 1st Time in 20 Years
Investment losses for the first three quarters of fiscal 2022 totaled more than $55 billion.
Asset Allocation
Japan’s GPIF Loses $37 Billion in First Half of Fiscal 2022
World’s largest pension fund’s asset value declines to $1.31 trillion.
Asset Allocation
Japan’s GPIF Joins ESG Benchmark
Pension giant hopes to encourage the disclosure of ESG data.
Manager Selection
Eiji Ueda Reappointed as CIO of GPIF
The Goldman Sachs veteran helped lead the world’s largest pension fund to two years of growth.
Newsmakers
Japan’s GPIF Seeks Data on Effect of Securities-Lending Suspension
The $1.73 trillion pension giant has issued a request for information regarding its 2019 decision to stop lending securities to short sellers.
Newsmakers
Japanese Pension Giant Returns 2.81% in Q3 2021
The world’s largest pension fund earned over $47 billion for the quarter to raise its asset value to nearly $1.73 trillion.
Pensions
Japan’s GPIF Finds Portfolio Firms Proactive on ESG Disclosure
A report from the pension giant reveals a ‘virtuous cycle’ of providing non-financial information.
Pensions
Japan’s $1.7 Trillion Pension Giant Breaks Record, Returns 25% in 2020
Red hot equities help the world’s largest pension fund rake in $339 billion in investment gains.
Asset Allocation
GPIF Invests $12.5 Billion in Morningstar, MSCI ESG Benchmarks
The Japanese pension giant has already started passively investing with the two US index providers.
Corporate Moves
Japan’s GPIF Seeking Active and Passive Managers for Foreign Bonds
The giant pension fund seeks to diversify away from low-yield Japanese bonds.
Asset Management Culture
Tesla Recruits Former CIO of $1.5 Trillion Japanese Pension Fund GPIF
Hiromichi Mizuno joins Tesla to serve the board as an independent director and on its audit committee.
Market Moves
World’s Largest Pension Fund Ups Scrutiny of Index Investments
Japan’s $1.5 trillion retirement program wants to improve its passive management strategy.
Manager Selection
World’s Largest Pension Fund’s CIO Hiromichi Mizuno Exits
Japan’s $1.6 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund will see its investment chief depart soon after five years in the job.