Ivy League endowments used to follow the ‘Yale Model’ of investing heavily in private assets. But this model’s success has undermined its ability to provide good returns, which has triggered a divergence among these eight funds

Interest in asset allocation frameworks such as the total portfolio approach is gathering pace, with proponents including Calpers and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. While this enthusiasm could open the door to a larger role for active management, such strategies require governance structures and investment expertise currently only available to the largest investors

The universe of Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds is being shaken up by a new player, L’imad, which analysts say signals “the start of a supercharged private equity-style sovereign wealth fund that will proceed with a global reach”

Fraz Siddiqui, chief financial officer of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council, said the trend towards the retailisation of private assets was something asset owners would need to accept and work around

The US Senate is considering an anti-ESG retirement bill which will force funds to only consider financially material questions when they pick their investments. Will this change what pension fund portfolios actually look like?

Ireland is eager to take advantage of its new-found economic solvency and is using its £20bn sovereign wealth fund to actively invest in its tech sector

Fund management companies which are mid-sized may find themselves in “no man’s land” where they are not small enough to be nimble but not big enough to compete against the industry behemoths

Some of the largest consultants in the market tell AOX what they are advising their clients to do to address market concentration in the US and the high valuations of tech stocks due to the AI boom

A potentially contentious election is looming in Brazil but the country’s wealthiest families are largely keeping their money invested domestically, according to the head of wealth management at BTG Pactual, Latin America’s largest investment bank

The $73bn State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan, or Sofaz, has increased its exposure to gold from 12 per cent in 2023 to 38 per cent now. That has been a boon with the price of gold rocketing, but could that pose a problem?

The Caribbean island of Anguilla has made millions by selling its .ai domain to artificial intelligence companies. Now it is putting that money to good use.

Defined contribution schemes in the UK are becoming more confident in seeking returns away from public markets, according to LCP

By the Norwegian Government Pension Fund’s own admission, its peers have adapted to changes in the real estate investment market much better than it has. So now it is shaking things up

European equities have been unsettled by escalating tensions between the US and several European countries over Greenland but there are other issues which dent optimism, including the lack of innovative tech businesses

We seem to be living through a boom time for commodities, with the price of gold breaking the $5,000 barrier for the first time. But as commodity markets become dominated by institutional investors, this may have unintended consequences

PwC expects 2026 to be a “jumbo” year for pension buyouts in the UK asset owner space, with more than £50bn of transaction volumes forecast. But how is that changing the way insurers, on the other side of the transaction, invest?

According to new research from Standard Chartered Private Bank, which surveyed more than 300 ultra-wealthy families globally, nearly seven in 10 (69 per cent) are using an "institutional" approach to investment decisions rather than taking a "personal" approach to family affairs

BlackRock lost several high profile mandates during 2025 because of its supposed lack of commitment towards ESG. So we look at the numbers and see how much of a problem it is proving for the world’s largest asset manager.

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney won last year’s election in part due to economic nationalism in response to US tariffs. But is this the right approach to the country’s widely-respected pension funds?

Aberdeen City Council is taking Federated Hermes to court over an investment in Swedish wind farms which, it alleges, lost $117mn or 83 per cent of the total investment