The number of Shariah-compliant private market solutions has boomed in recent years, supporting investors that seek to improve risk diversification and reduce regional concentration. This brief

Less than a decade after the removal of capital controls that banned pension funds from investing assets overseas, Iceland is now achieving international recognition for the strength and health

Powerful forces have supported the growth and evolution of multi-manager models for ‘alternative’ investing over the past fifteen years.

Next month will mark five years since Velliv (formerly Nordea Liv and Pension, Denmark) left its parent company—the banking group Nordea—to forge a new identity as a member-owned pension

bfinance’s quarterly report in November 2022: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major

Investors have appeared satisfied, so far, with the resilience shown by their infrastructure portfolios through the turmoil of 2022. The combination of inflation sensitivity, low real interest

A secular macroeconomic transition has created an unenviable series of choices—and potential traps— for pension funds, insurers, endowments, foundations, family offices and other ‘asset owners’

bfinance’s quarterly report in May 2022: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major

Although infrastructure is renowned as an inflation-sensitive asset class, the reality varies greatly depending on the strategy type and asset-level specifics. Not all ‘inflation-linkage’ is

bfinance’s quarterly report in February 2022: read the team’s latest insights on institutional investor activity, risk appetite, market developments and asset manager performance across all major

With a clear trend towards impact-oriented investment activity among bfinance’s global client base, the bfinance research team recently held an investor training seminar focusing on illiquid

The bfinance 2022 Insurer Investment Survey provides a detailed look at key changes in insurance firms’ investment portfolios, risk exposures and resourcing/implementation.

The latest edition in bfinance’s biennial Investment Management Fees series. New analysis highlights areas where investors may be able to benefit from pricing trends, with ESG/Impact at the

As the global economy emerges from the shadow of COVID-19, demand for infrastructure has surged among bfinance clients.

A new study, featuring data from 120 wealth managers around the globe, identifies significant changes in investment capabilities, ESG integration and strategy.

The renewable energy infrastructure landscape is evolving rapidly, as are asset managers’ strategies. This paper illustrates key developments, including case studies of recent manager

Pension fund CIOs often enter their roles wanting to be agents of change, bringing new strategies and new perspectives to their institutions.

As the global pandemic unfolds, 368 investors representing $11 trillion in assets share their lessons learned, key portfolio changes and expectations for the year.

While the infrastructure sector has been robust during previous crises, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating a global economic scenario quite unlike any that has preceded it. 

The past decade has seen dramatic growth in the listed infrastructure sector, as well as the emergence of hybrid strategies that combine listed infrastructure with REITs. This paper draws on the