Finance
Government strategy to call on fund to use more of its 5% allocation
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund began alternative investing in fiscal 2013 but remains well short of its 5% ceiling. (Photo by Shintaro Ino)
TOKYO — Japan’s government will nudge the country’s massive public pension fund to invest more in alternative assets as part of an effort to harness capital for economic growth, Nikkei has learned.