China is stepping up its clean energy drive, both through a reduction of its own emissions and by becoming the biggest supplier of some clean-energy equipment in the world. Picture (courtesy China Daily) shows cooling towers being demolished with explosives amid efforts to reduce emissions in Zoucheng, East China’s Shandong province, last week.Click here to read more.
Washington takes risks within wider framework
by AMANDA WHITE | September 1, 2010
The $71 billion Washington State Investment Board has made a renewed commitment to overweighting emerging markets and private equity, but a comprehensive enterprise-wide risk management framework will help ensure the inherent risks of that strategy remain in check.
Social networking the future of DC funds
by PHILIPPA YELLAND | September 1, 2010
Defined-contribution pension plans “are in their adolescence” and one workable model for their maturity is public-private entities which use social networking to promote the confidence of their members, a world authority on pension funds says.
The value in Taiwan: the key may be turning
by GREG BRIGHT | September 1, 2010
The key to value investing is not buying cheap. Anyone can do that. It’s buying at a time when the value inside is about to be unlocked.
Korean sovereign fund to double private markets bets
by GREG BRIGHT | September 1, 2010
Korea Investment Corporation, a $35 billion sovereign wealth fund, plans to double its allocation to private markets, including distressed debt and real estate, to 20 per cent over the next five years.
Big Canadian, Australian funds go shopping
by SIMON MUMME | September 1, 2010
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Australia’s Future Fund have banded together to buy out the majority of investors in a direct property fund.
Doctor prescribes profitable dose of ESG
by PHILIPPA YELLAND | August 25, 2010
Dr Raj Thamotheram, one of the brains behind the UN Principles for Responsible Investment, is critical of the slow integration of ESG (environment, social and governance) issues into many fund managers’ processes.
