Sarah Rundell, Author at Top1000funds.com

Kosovo’s new wealth fund offers development model for eastern Europe

Kosovo, a small country in south-eastern Europe that emerged as an independent state after the Balkan conflict, plans to create a sovereign development fund, the first of its kind in the region.

Sarah RundellJune 6, 2023

Montreal’s TCC: When a different world view pays off

Montreal-based Trans Canada Capital fuses its pension fund roots with the ethos of a relative value hedge fund for a unique investment approach that hunts uncorrelated alpha across the entire portfolio. Sarah Rundell speaks to two senior portfolio managers about their unique approach.

Sarah RundellMay 30, 2023

Asset Allocation

The problem with UK government pressure on pension funds to diversify

UK politicians are urging the country's pension funds to invest less in Gilts and more in riskier and complex assets including young UK companies, and infrastructure. Railpen's John Greaves, head of investment strategy and research explains the various problems with the plan.

Sarah RundellMay 29, 2023

Featured Story

SWIB talks active equity as a Best Ideas portfolio takes off

Susan Schmidt, head of public equities at SWIB, talks about the fund's new Best Ideas portfolio. Despite technology's reach and market efficiencies, there is still ample room for a fundamental approach where human skill and a unique investment culture find mispriced opportunities.

Sarah RundellMay 25, 2023

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As Japan’s GPIF builds out PE, new research flags measurement method

For investors struggling to develop better ways to measure private equity fund performance, researchers at the giant Japanese fund, GPIF, suggest an alternative measurement model that compares private and public assets more accurately.

Sarah RundellMay 25, 2023

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APFC mulls self evaluation and more board members in governance revamp

In a recent board meeting, trustees at APFC heard from governance experts on the importance of self evaluation; why rules around trustee contact with investment staff are important and how more board members could support oversight at the sovereign wealth fund.

Sarah RundellMay 23, 2023

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Kosovo’s new wealth fund offers development model for eastern Europe

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The problem with UK government pressure on pension funds to diversify

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SWIB talks active equity as a Best Ideas portfolio takes off

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As Japan’s GPIF builds out PE, new research flags measurement method

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APFC mulls self evaluation and more board members in governance revamp

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