Opinion: Political meddling a liability for public asset owners

It is not easy overseeing investment decisions - you are tasked with creating a return, but must do so without taking too much risk.  All investment professionals have their own stakeholders to cater to, and the same goes for public pension funds and sovereign wealth funds. While some government structures make it less of a political discussion, democratic parliaments see elected officials fishing for populist support by bashing the performance of public pension funds and sovereig…