AP7 prepares to re-tender and add mandates
Sweden's AP7 fund, which invests primarily in equities, is retendering mandates in its large ACWI exposure and hunting for new managers in its alpha allocation.
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Temasek’s pioneering tech investments
Singapore's investment company Temasek's is at the forefront of blockchain investment. Pradyumna Agrawal explains why going early and deep in tech investment is a sweet spot, encapsulated in the giant investor founding and building tech companies from scratch.
How CPP Investments uses leverage: Lessons for CalPERS
The CIO of Canada Pension Plan Investments, Edwin Cass, shares insights on the benefits of leverage, the impact on liquidity and the governance structures for success.
Impact: ‘Losing the plot’ or better long-term returns?
Giant Dutch pension provider, PGGM, has been a leader in embracing 3D portfolios shaped around risk, return and impact. Top1000funds.com talks to Piet Klop the new head of responsible investment about the journey so far and what is next in linking the portfolio to positive real-world outcomes.
Border to Coast: Securing access to the best managers
The United Kingdom's Border to Coast pension pool has just mandated to a new private markets managers. Mark Lyon explains how the manager accessed the brightest and the best. The private markets allocation is on track to deliver promised fee reductions, despite mandating to expensive, sought-after external managers.
SWFs invest record amounts in VC
SWFs invested record amounts into venture capital last year with VC allocations ballooning. Overall assets were boosted by four new SWFs: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cape Verde and Rio de Janeiro. While Israel, Namibia, Bahamas and Mozambique will all launch this year.
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