GPIF’s long-term strategy blocks CIO clarification

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Hans Poulsen

Oct 11, 2019

With only a six month addition to Hiromichi Mizuno’s tenure, it is unclear who will execute the world largest pension fund’s extended investments plans, which face a revamp in early 2020.

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund GPIF has been forced to kick the can further down the road on who will be its long-term chief investment officer.

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