Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)

Recently released year-end results show assets under management for Japanese asset managers were down 12% in the year ended March 31, as Gavin Blair reports

JAPAN - Japan's public pension fund scraped a small return on its investments in the second quarter after its assets fell by $33bn, its latest report shows.

JAPAN - Chuo Mitsui Asset Trust and Banking has emerged as the Government Pension Investment Fund's (GPIF) largest external manager over the past year, while AXA Rosenberg has disappeared from the list.

Japanese asset managers and pension funds share their experiences dealing with one of Japan's most severe natural disasters. Gavin Blair and Raquel Pichardo-Allison report

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) returned 0.62% in the third quarter of the fiscal year, down from 1.62% the previous quarter.

Japan's occupational pensions are straining under the pressure to provide pensions for its rapidly ageing population, as Gavin Blair reports

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund should establish a board of directors and employ a chief executive and chief investment officer, a report by the OECD has concluded.

JAPAN - The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), the largest public pension fund in the world, returned 1.53% on its investments in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.