APG leans on private assets to manage portfolio volatility

Dutch pension manager APG Asset Management (APG) is expanding its investments in Asia and focusing on private assets with an eye toward lower long-term volatility. Control over sustainability efforts is also a top objective. Thijs Aaten APG “The trend is very much to add more private assets because we believe we have more control and can impose more sustainability requirements. And private assets are also less volatile,” Thijs Aaten, Asia CEO at APG, said while speakin…