Japanese corporate pensions look to shake up alts allocation
Japanese corporate pension funds are increasingly investing in alternative assets in order to generate income, as the proportion of their portfolios dedicated to domestic assets decreases, a survey shows.
Income generation is a rising theme among Japanese defined benefits (DB) corporate pension funds.
These funds are showing waning interest in hedge funds within alternative investment, while also lowering their exposure to domestic assets.
Looking at the breakdown of alternative assets, income-generating assets increased on a year-on-year basis, according to the most recent survey of Japanese corporate pension funds by JP Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM).
Overall, investors are …
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