Liquidity and listed infrastructure key for Ireland’s NPRF
Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund has to delicately balance the twin demands of being a long-term investor with providing capital to rebuild the shattered Irish economy.
Nest favours institutional-first managers as retail exodus pressures private credit
Nest, the largest workplace pension in the UK, says that private credit managers who prioritise institutional clients will be more favourably viewed. The £61 billion ($82 billion) fund has awarded a £450 million ($605 million) US direct lending mandate to Crescent Capital this month, citing the manager's institutional-client-first approach as a key attraction.
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NYC pension funds demand tougher clawback provisions
New York City Comptroller John Liu has rallied NYC pension funds in a call for high profile firms JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley to beef up clawback provisions for senior executives.
Flurry of activity in 2012 for Massachusetts’ funds
Mass PRIM had a busy 2011 which included the appointment of a raft of direct hedge fund managers and introducing a new risk dashboard.
OMERS uses patient capital for life cycle venture investing
OMERS has will capitalise on its ability to invest for the long-term and use the newly-launched venture capital arm to invest directly in the entire life cycle of a project. OMERS Ventures, which will be the avenue for the fund to invest directly in venture rather than through funds, is predicated on funding through the
Private engagement dominates results for CalPERS
Private engagement has more influence on company behaviour and performance a new study of CalPERS’ corporate governance reveals. Analysis by Wilshire Associates has found that because privately engaged companies are more receptive to reform and move more quickly to better governance standards, the turnaround in their stock performance is quicker. It found that the turnaround
Japanese fund pours assets into equities market
The world’s largest fund, the Government Pension Investment Fund, Japan, has substantially increased its allocation to international equities in the past year, moving more than $31.8 billion of assets into offshore equities in the year to June.
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