Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials

The $217bn pension awarded domestic PE mandates to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation last year.

The Japanese second biggest pension fund is seeking opportunities to grow its private assets exposure.

Chikyoren strengthens its investment manager roster

The Japanese pension fund has selected Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank as its second external manager to handle its local private equity mandate.

The Japanese pension fund appoints a manager to explore local PE opportunities.

Mitsubishi UFJ was also hired by the Tokyo-based pension fund last year to manage its second global infrastructure allocation.

The Japanese pension fund could invest over $9bn in private equity, real estate and infrastructure, following the lead of pension giant the Government Pension Investment Fund.

The $185bn pension fund has issued a call for applications for domestic and overseas private equity fund managers.

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Just under 1% of defined benefit pensions plan to raise their exposure to the asset class this year.

Overall AUM growth of the largest sovereign and public sector pension funds in Asia is having a positive denominator effect for private equity, according to a Willis Towers Watson study.

GPIF is recruiting alternatives managers for investments in Japan and abroad; this is likely to have a profound effect on the local market.

The election of Shinzo Abe prompted a steady increase in fundraising by the country’s managers

The election of Shinzo Abe prompted a steady increase in fundraising by the country’s managers.