The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change will present a position paper to the European Commission this week, giving momentum to the dialogue between investors and policy makers, and offering a united institutional investors’ voice on the requirements for the successful mobilisation of private investment in climate change mitigation. Amanda White talks with the chair of the IIGCC, Ole Sorensen (pictured). (more…)
The US$587 million Maryland State Retirement and Pension System (Maryland SRPS) has confirmed the departure of its chief investment officer, Mansco Perry III (pictured), to the position of CIO of the endowment fund of Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. (more…)
RogersCasey has leant its weight to the trend towards low-volatilty portfolios, however, in a white paper on the subject, the asset consultancy notes a few concerns. (more…)
For venture capital investors, the days of receiving 100-plus per cent internal rates of returns (IRRs) from a broad sweep of managers are gone. But this doesn’t mean investors should give up searching for the few remaining outperformers. (more…)
A glittering array of institutional investors is believed to have become seed investors in this week’s fund-raising for the float of American Insurance Group’s Asian business.
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Professional investment management has come ahead in leaps and bounds over the past decade or so. The latest trend to alternative and bespoke benchmarks has undoubtedly given pension funds more ammunition to test the skill and remuneration of their managers, either external or internal. (more…)