Khazanah Nasional Berhard, the investment holding arm of the Government of Malaysia, and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings have joined forces in their first joint development investment.
Turbulence and outflows signal emerging markets drawdowns
A new paper by State Street Associates looks at signals for determining emerging markets currency depreciation as part of an overarching theme that concentrates on the enhanced value of combining indicators of risk and behaviour. Amanda White spoke to one of the authors, David Turkington.
CalSTRS’ leap of faith brings assets in-house
In an act of faith for the investment staff at CalSTRS, the board has approved that a further $15 billion in assets be managed in- house, including some strategies outside those first recommended by the investment staff.
Dutch pension funds back reform program
High-profile Dutch pension funds and their service providers have come out in support of an agreement to radically reform the country’s pension system.
High-maintenance Hedgie Seeks Indulgent Insto, VM
Without question my favourite car is a 1960 Mercedes Benz 190SL. Recently I was thinking that maybe my expectations from such a car are similar to the way institutional investors think about hedge funds. It’s certainly uncorrelated to my other car.
Funds face enforced consolidation
Funds in the Australian pension industry will face enforced consolidation if they do not do a better job at managing the compulsory contributions of millions of workers, the Federal Government’s chief superannuation advisor has warned.
