
Asset Owner Intelligence
International Diversification for Pensions and Sovereign Funds
International diversification can reduce volatility, minimise risks and possibly improve investment returns of pensions and lifetime portfolios.
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Catalyst for economic and climate resilience: who we are, what we stand for and who we work with.
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Thought leadership that empowers clients, industries, and society with insights that lead to innovation and progress.
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Summits & immersions
An immersive executive programme for trustees, CEOs, CIOs, and senior insurance leaders on balancing domestic yield with global diversification.
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Theme
International diversification
How can African asset owners balance the attractive yields of domestic markets with the need for global diversification to enhance resilience and protect long-term real returns?
African pension funds and insurers remain heavily exposed to domestic markets, leaving portfolios vulnerable to local shocks and currency volatility. While reforms now allow greater international investment, achieving real benefits requires disciplined allocation and informed market selection.
Diversifying Beyond is an immersive executive programme for trustees, CEOs, CIOs, and senior insurance leaders, delivering liability-aware allocation frameworks, practical hedging strategies, and vetted pathways to global managers, enabling institutions to capture domestic yield advantages while mitigating concentration risk and strengthening long-term portfolio resilience. This year’s immersions are scheduled in London (1–5 June and 19–23 October 2026).
Registrations are reviewed by ASFI to maintain a senior, practitioner-led audience.
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Asset Owner Intelligence
International diversification can reduce volatility, minimise risks and possibly improve investment returns of pensions and lifetime portfolios.

Asset Owner Intelligence
Helping pension funds transform their investment processes to position for resilient growth.