Why Poba, Calstrs favour asset owner partnerships in alts

Asset owners across Asia are showing an increasing interest in investing via asset owner partnerships, especially into alternative asset classes. Thailand’s Government Pension Fund just told AsianInvestor that it is contemplating teaming up with pension funds from other countries as it continues to ramp up its exposure to alternatives. And in January Hiromichi Mizuno, chief investment officer at Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund, hinted to AsianInvestor that the world’s l…