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

The past two years have seen huge growth in the availability of private market strategies that offer some degree of in-built liquidity, such as open-ended funds and diversified multi-manager

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

Investors are considering whether to slow down their deployment to illiquid strategies or maintain their previous pace after a year of disappointing performance in bond and equity markets,

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

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

When it comes to selecting and working with external asset managers, larger asset owners have a dual responsibility—says Majdi Chammas of Första AP-Fonden (AP1), one of Sweden’s four pension

Institutional investors around the globe shared how they are responding to pressing geopolitical and macroeconomic developments. With 418 investors from 39 countries taking place at the end of

Since the pandemic began, developments in the shipping sector have reverberated across the global economic landscape. Looking ahead, regulatory requirements around carbon emissions will drive

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

As investor allocations to illiquid strategies have boomed, the question of what to do with the capital that is committed to and returned from those strategies has become increasingly

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

Amid the seemingly never-ending ‘hunt for yield’, high return real estate debt strategies are attracting investors’ attention.

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

Investor demand for trade finance strategies has surged, with yield-hungry allocators eyeing opportunities in an ‘even lower for even longer’ rate climate.

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

Trade Finance remains attractive in today’s ‘even lower for even longer’ climate due to its short-dated, asset-backed, yield-generating profile.

New research on 130+ opportunistic investment strategies targeting distress and dislocation amid the pandemic.