UTIMCO harvests SPAC boom

Last year’s SPAC boom which saw 677 SPCAs raise
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Spotlight turns on West Yorkshire’s hybrid approach to pooling

The UK government has just closed a consultation on LGPS pooling progress and processes that will shine a spotlight on £18 West Yorkshire pension fund's hybrid approach. Championing local investment and regional financial expertise may not be enough to offset pressure to step up pooling.

UK trustees should challenge advisors but government needs to lead change

UK trustees need to do more to hold advisors to account, says MNOPF trustee Rory Murphy who argues consolidation of the country's pension assets and more investment in alternatives will require a transformation of how the entire sector is managed.

Why Textron isn’t investing in private credit

Renowned contrarian investor Charles Van Vleet, CIO of the $10 billion corporate pension fund for US aerospace and defence giant Textron explains why he favours private equity over private credit.

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CIO of Iowa Public Employees Retirement System, Siriam Lakshminarayanan, explains its approach to active risk and why portable alpha, alternative risk premium, and tactical asset allocation make a good, three-pronged strategy.

France’s ERAFP builds out private credit after lengthy manager selection

France's ERAFP has just boosted its allocation to private credit after a lengthy manager selection process, renewing and building out existing mandates in a €8 billion allocation begun in 2009.

Dutch, British and Australian funds latest to back timberland

Investors are hunting forestry assets because they combines a large-scale sustainable investment with compelling risk-adjusted, inflation proof returns and diversification. Funds like Nest, APG and AP2 explain their approach.

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