Food for thought: Investing in global food production

September 08, 2026

Private equity: As carry sinks, pension funds are winning the talent war

September 08, 2026

Are Canada’s pension bosses paid too much?

September 04, 2026

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

September 02, 2026

US endowment returns rocket on SpaceX windfall

Early venture bets on SpaceX have ballooned into major portfolio positions at some US university endowments, with new analysis estimating the aerospace firm contributed as much as 10.6 percentage points to annual returns. Michael Markov, founder of US quantitative researcher Markov Processes International, says the windfall is now creating a concentration risk that investors cannot ignore.

September 08, 2026

Analysis

Private equity: As carry sinks, pension funds are winning the talent war

September 08, 2026

Analysis

Are Canada’s pension bosses paid too much?

September 04, 2026

Investor Profile

Inside the year-and-a-half-long review into ATP’s complicated portfolio

September 02, 2026

News

Could Norway’s SWF really disappear?

September 01, 2026

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Editorial

Remembering David Villa

David Villa, executive director and chief investment officer of the State of Wisconsin Investment Board, passed away on the weekend. Amanda White reflects on his legacy.

February 16, 2021

Investor Profile

BpfBOUW: The importance of hedge funds

Hedge funds are getting a bad press again, but for Dutch fund BpfBOUW the latest skirmish simply underscores their importance in a portfolio as Erik Hulshof, trustee and chair of the investment committee explains.

February 15, 2021

Sustainability Digital – March 2021

CalSTRS takes on ExxonMobil

The $255 billion Californian pension fund, CalSTRS, has embarked on a new era of “activist stewardship” which will see it take on large companies such as Exxon Mobil which have not responded to shareholder engagement.

February 11, 2021

Sustainability Digital – March 2021

Behind OTPP’s net zero 2050 plan

Ontario Teachers' has launched its plan to reach net-zero portfolio emissions by 2050, the culmination of a decade of work by the fund in addressing climate change. Amanda White looks at the fund’s climate journey, which has significant lessons for other funds looking to move to net zero.

February 09, 2021

Manager Relationships

How to find manager skill

The crisis has accelerated the industry’s adoption of technology for manager due diligence an area where it has traditionally lagged, according to founder of Inalytics Rick di Mascio who after 30 years in the job knows how to identify manager skill.

February 04, 2021

Investor Profile

CalPERS: Lessons from CIO departure

The CalPERS board is considering whether to require a new CIO to transfer all of their personal stock holdings into a blind trust while they are a CalPERS' employee. The move follows the resignation of Ben Meng as CIO last year after an ethics investigation related to some of his personal investments.