Jul 9, 2020
Hiro Mizuno is the recently departed Executive Managing Director
and Chief Investment Officer of GPIF, Japan’s $1.5 trillion
Government Pension Investment Fund, which is the largest pool of
institutional capital in the world. In taking the seat five years
ago, Hiro sought to change how large asset owners go about
investing capital.
Our conversation covers his differentiated thought process across
drivers of return, the home country bias, implementation of
investing, and structural alignment with active managers. We then
talk about the Universal Ownership concept, stewardship of
passively managed assets, evaluation of manager effectiveness, ESG
integration in fixed income, and the current carbon footprint for
GPIF and therefore for the global economy.
Hiro has made a serious dent in how asset owners, index fund
managers, and companies consider sustainable investing principles
and was the perfect guest to complete this mini series, Sustainable
Investing: The Next Frontier.
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