One of the more interesting numbers behind the last Chinese GDP growth headline figure is the proportion of that growth which is due to domestic demand. Fiduciary investors have been getting set for the domestic demand theme in China for some time, of course. Well, it’s here in a big way.
Enhancing board effectiveness and governance of pension funds and other “long-horizon investment institutions” is the focus of a new program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
The CFA Institute has published “A Primer for Investment Trustees”, a free publication to educate trustees on governance, investment policy, investment objectives and risk tolerance using simple laymen’s terms.
The institutional foray into hedge fund strategies is changing the way these managers invest. In turn, the hedge fund industry is being shaped by this now dominant investor base.
Tomas Hricko, product manager at global private equity fund-of-funds manager, Adveq, tells Amanda White why private equity should be the core of an institutional investor’s portfolio, not a satellite.
There are an estimated 1,600 private equity firms around the world in capital-raising mode at the moment, offering fiduciary investors a smorgasbord of alternatives, split on regions, style, size, stage and sector categorisations. Some recent good news for investors is that, for private equity at least, there is now evidence of performance persistence.
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