Asset Owners
Who Are the Largest Asset Owners in the World?
The world's 100 largest asset owners control about $29.3 trillion. A guide to who tops the list — sovereign wealth funds and pension funds — and why they matter.
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Total Portfolio Approach vs Strategic Asset Allocation
Strategic asset allocation sets fixed asset-class targets; the total portfolio approach runs the fund as one risk budget where every idea competes. Here is how they differ, the governance trade-off, and which suits which fund.
Asset Owners
Public Pension Funds Explained
Public pension funds hold and invest capital against the retirement promises of public-sector and national schemes. Here is how defined-benefit and defined-contribution plans work, how they invest, and who the largest are.
Asset Owners
Private Markets Allocation for Asset Owners
Private markets, private equity, private credit, infrastructure and real estate, now anchor many institutional portfolios. Here is the case (illiquidity premium, diversification, access) and the cautions (denominator effect, fees, valuation and liquidity).
Asset Owners
Infrastructure Investing for Asset Owners
Infrastructure is the asset class of long-lived physical assets, transport, utilities, energy, digital, that produce stable, often inflation-linked cash flows. Here is why it suits pensions and sovereign funds, the risk spectrum, and how owners access it.
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Asset Owner Answers: Sovereign Wealth, Pensions & More
A growing answer hub with clear, sourced answers to common questions about sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, family offices, endowments, asset owners, and the themes that shape long-term capital.
Asset Owners
What Are Global Asset Owners?
Global asset owners are the institutions that hold the world's long-term capital and bear its ultimate investment risk: pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and insurers. Here is what unites them and how they differ from asset managers.
Asset Owners
Global Asset Owners: Research Hub
Our research hub on global asset owners: who holds the world's long-term capital, the allocation frameworks they use such as the total portfolio approach, and how they invest across private markets, infrastructure and real assets.
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