Tokyo, Oct 22, 2025: BNY (NYSE: BK), a global financial services company, today announced that it has been appointed by Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (“GPIF”), to provide alternative investment data, supporting GPIF’s strategic goal to enhance its alternative investment performance. GPIF is one of the world’s largest pension funds with over $1.6 Trillion in assets under management.
BNY’s Data & Analytics platform was selected to provide GPIF high-quality granular data of alternative assets, empowering informed investment decisions based on a clear view of the performance and risk of the asset class. The platform accesses the extensive dataset of CEPRES, a private market data company with over 20 years of experience and the largest private assets database globally.
GPIF’s five-year medium-term plan emphasizes achieving excess returns through alternative investments, making scarce, high-quality data for robust quantitative analysis essential. By consistently collecting investment look-through data directly from General Partners (“GPs”), combined with strong data validation capabilities, BNY will provide vital support for GPIF to achieve its objective.
“Clients need access to cloud-based data-driven decision-making tools that improve agility and adaptability in the fast-evolving capital markets landscape," says Kunio Watanabe, BNY Japan Country Executive. “The appointment sets a new standard for quality data for investment decision-making among global asset owners as alternatives continue to grow in their portfolios.”
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