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OTPP Shifts Asian Strategy: Closes Hong Kong Office, Boosts Presence in Singapore

20th March, 2025

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP), one of Canada's largest public pension funds, is closing its Hong Kong office and shifting its regional HQ to Singapore.

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NPS Swelled By Record Investment Gains, But Can It Weather Future Storms?

7th March, 2025

South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) marked a record-breaking 15% investment return in 2024, representing KRW 160 trillion (US$110 billion).

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KIC Hits Record US$206.5bn AUM as AI Stocks Fuel 8.49% Return in 2024

28th February, 2025

The Korea Investment Corporation (KIC) rode an AI equities boom to post an 8.49% return in 2024, marking another solid year for South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund despite increasing geopolitical and economic uncertainties.

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CDPQ’s 2024 Results: A Strong Year, but Real Estate Weighs on Performance

27th February, 2025

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) posted a respectable 9.4% return in 2024, adding nearly C$40 billion (US$28 billion) to its net assets, which now stand at C$473 billion (US$330 billion).

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War Spending Drains Russia's Sovereign Savings Reserves

24th February, 2025

In a stark wake-up call to the Kremlin, Russia’s National Wealth Fund (NWF) is hemorrhaging cash.

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KWAP Delivers Record-Breaking Investment Returns Amidst Global Uncertainty

18th February, 2025

Malaysia’s pension scheme for government employees, the Retirement Fund Inc (KWAP), recorded its highest-ever investment income in 2024, generating MYR18 billion (US$4 billion) in returns and marking a 12% total return - the best performance since its inception.

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CPP Investments Delivers Strong Q4 Returns While Reshaping Portfolio for 2025

13th February, 2025

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) closed 2024 on a strong note, reporting a net return of 3.8%.

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ADIA scores positive result in 2023, AuM well over US$ 1 trillion

14th November, 2024

On Thursday, ADIA released its results for the year ended on December 31, 2023 – and below is our usual reading between the lines, for our subscribers:

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Yen Bounce Back Hits GPIF's Return, Potentially Spurring More Alternatives Investments

5th November, 2024

The rise in the value of the yen and poor performance in domestic equities has delivered Japan’s gigantic Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) its biggest quarterly loss since the pandemic struck in 2020 with a return of -3.6%.

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NBIM Posts Q3 Return of US$76bn, But Misses Benchmark

24th October, 2024

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) reported another quarter of underperformance as its oil-backed Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) struggled with geopolitical uncertainty and downside risk to public equities.

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How Resilient is NBIM as it Faces Massive State Withdrawals and Heightening Global Risks?

9th October, 2024

The Norwegian government is planning to tap into its US$1.7 trillion sovereign wealth fund to plug a fiscal hole in its 2025 budget plans, but the world's biggest state-owned investor can absorb even multi-billion withdrawals by dint of its massive scale and long-term growth.

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NZ Super Trounces Peers in Both Annual and Long-Term Returns

9th September, 2024

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund (NZ Super) continues to beat peers with another strong result boosted by public equities which enabled it to report a 14.9% return in the year to end-June, helping to boost coffers by NZ$11 billion (US$6.8 billion) to reach NZ$77 billion (US$47.4 billion) in FY2023/24.

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