The former head of Japan's $2 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund is now working as an adviser for agricultural investments as the sector faces a rapidly aging and shrinking workforce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/06/ex-chief-gpif-tomato-developer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #gpif #hulic #vegetables #fruit #agriculture #pensionfunds #aging #depopulation
Former chief of $2 trillion pension fund joins developer growing tomatoes

Masataka Miyazono aims to help make Japan's agricultural sector more productive in order to boost sustainability in the country.

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South Korea's National Pension Service faces renewed calls to boost domestic equity investment, with Japan and UK pension fund strategies under scrutiny as policymakers debate the fund's role in supporting the KOSPI and the broader economy.
#YonhapInfomax #NationalPensionService #KOSPI #GPIF #DomesticEquity #PensionReform #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
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'KOSPI 5000'—National Pension Fund's Role in Focus as Japan and UK Cases Revisited

South Korea's National Pension Service faces renewed calls to boost domestic equity investment, with Japan and UK pension fund strategies under scrutiny as policymakers debate the fund's role in supporting the KOSPI and the broader economy.

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A decision by Japan’s $1.8 trillion pension fund, the world’s biggest, to consider a shift into impact investing has triggered a wider adjustment among the country’s money managers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/government-pension-investment-fund-impact-investing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #pensionfunds #investments #environment #corporategovernance #sdg
World’s biggest pension fund puts impact investing on the agenda

In Japan, impact investing strategies are likely to center around climate, health care, wellbeing and inclusivity.

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Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is picking domestic alternative asset funds on its own for the first time, in a shift from its previous practice of entrusting asset managers to choose funds on its behalf. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/companies/government-pension-investment-fund-alternative-asset-funds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #pensionfunds #investments
GPIF bets on property and infrastructure in Japan, in alternative asset first

Pension funds around the world are seeking extra yields from alternative assets like private equity and real estate, but the yields reflect elevated risks in other areas.

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Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is looking to increase its unusually small staff as the assets it oversees balloon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/12/companies/gpif-small-staff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #pensionfunds #jobs #wages
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is hiring amid ballooning assets

GPIF has an unusually small headcount despite being one of the world’s largest retirement funds.

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【マスコミ調査】公的年金の2024年度通年実績は「いまいち」にもかかわらず、メディア報道はレベル向上で良し
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【マスコミ調査】公的年金の2024年度通年実績は「いまいち」にもかかわらず、メディア報道はレベル向上で良し

公的年金の積立準備金を運用するGPIF(年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人)は2025年7月4日に、2024年度運用実績を公開しました。#GPIF は、#2024年度運用状況 を公表しました。▶️https://t.co/CsIcXrxP1f pic.twitter.com/ZQPOli96RW— GPIF (@gpiftweets) July 4, 2025 ◆2024年度(2024年4月~2025年3月)収益率: +0.71%収益額: +1.7兆円運用資産額: 249.8兆円(2025年3月末)◆市場運用開始以降(2001年度~2024年度)収益率: +3...

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund suffered a quarterly loss in the January-March period as a depreciating dollar dragged down the value of its overseas securities and domestic assets slumped. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/04/companies/gpif-suffers-quarterly-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #gpif #stocks #dollar #investments
GPIF logs $61 billion loss as weak dollar hits overseas assets

The pension fund incurred losses on all four of its asset classes in the January-March period, the first time this has occurred since July-September 2022.

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Amid a volatile market, Japanese pension funds are seeking to bolster returns by doing something many of them have never done before: appoint chief investment officers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/10/companies/japan-pension-funds-cios/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #pensionfunds #organizationforsmallmediumenterprises #takashiyamashita #gpif #investments
Japanese pension funds holding $400 billion hire their first CIOs

Until recently, senior administrators often with limited experience doing deals in financial markets were responsible for making investment decisions.

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