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US endowment returns rocket on SpaceX windfall

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.

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Mercer global CIO flags ‘crisis of confidence’ in US market

The global CIO overseeing Mercer's $600 billion OCIO unit, Hooman Kaveh, has been advising clients to rethink the role of US assets in their portfolios by diversifying currency base and incorporating more active management. Speaking to Top1000funds.com, he warns of a “crisis of confidence” in the world’s largest capital market.

Can we ‘circle’ our way out of this mess?

A circular economy keeps materials circulating in their highest value use. Co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute, Tim Hodgson, recently hosted a working group who debated whether it is a necessary – or even possible – component of the climate transition.

Sweden’s FTN scouts for domestic, European small cap managers

Nordic pension giant the Swedish Fund Selection Agency (FTN) is on the hunt for active Swedish and European small cap equity managers in a SEK 46 billion ($4.6 billion) tender. It comes as asset owners revisit small cap strategies as a useful diversification from US mega cap equities.

Previ: How high interest rates put profitability before diversification

Brazil's high interest rates mean the nation's oldest pension fund, Previ, has put profitability before diversification for years. CIO Claudio Goncalves is determined to change that, and is about to green light new allocations to US equity.

Geopolitical volatility and portfolio resilience

Just days after US president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on "Liberation Day", an influential group of global pension funds and investment managers, gathered at a Top1000funds.com roundtable at London’s Rosewood Hotel to discuss the current economic and geopolitical landscape, and the possibility of a lost decade of real returns.

PGGM advances 3D investing strategy balancing impact, risk and return

The latest iteration of PGGM’s impact investing journey sees a core/satellite structure around 3D investing, more active management, a total portfolio approach and the hiring of fund managers that align to the mission. Amanda White spoke to chief fiduciary investments Arjen Pasma.

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