Japan pension whale GPIF eyes first overseas base for 24/7 trading

Finance

Goal is real-time risk management as assets swell

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund allocates equal 25% shares of its funding to domestic and foreign bonds and equities. (Photo by Shintaro Ino) 

MAYUNE HOTTA, AKIRA INUJIMA and SORA KITAJIMA

TOKYO — Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund is considering setting up its first overseas outpost to enable 24/7, in-house futures trading and improve its real-time risk management as growing asset values make rebalancing more complex and potentially market-moving.