R. Todd Ruppert is founder of Ruppert International, a firm with diversified interests in various fields globally. He is a board member of INSEAD Business School, Wilshire Associates, Shetland Space Centre, The Fine Art Group, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, among others. He is a venture partner at Greenspring Associates, a $12 billion venture capital firm. He is also an advisor to venture capital firms Antler, Fin VC, Sure Ventures, and Global Ventures. He is an advisor to private equity firms Access Holdings, Motive Partners and BroadLight Capital. He is also a serial early stage investor and advisor to numerous companies globally. Ruppert has over 40 years in the financial services industry. He retired from T. Rowe Price, the global asset management firm with over $1.5 trillion under management, where he was CEO and president of T. Rowe Price Global Investment Services, co-president, T. Rowe Price International, and a member of the operating steering committee of the T. Rowe Price Group.
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Governance
Norway’s SWF resembles index fund; needs clarity of mandate
The largest sovereign wealth fund in the world, Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, resembles an index fund and is not making the most of its tracking error boundaries according to a review of the active management of the fund by a team of specialists who recommended more clarity of mandate.
Amanda WhiteJanuary 25, 2022
Asset Allocation
Border to Coast: Securing access to the best managers
The United Kingdom's Border to Coast pension pool has just mandated to a new private markets managers. Mark Lyon explains how the manager accessed the brightest and the best. The private markets allocation is on track to deliver promised fee reductions, despite mandating to expensive, sought-after external managers.
Sarah RundellJanuary 17, 2022
Forces of Nature
Different Approach, Different Outcome
In the search for outperformance, investors have become more accepting of alternative approaches. Dynamic Equity utilizes different return drivers than traditional active equity strategies.
Newton Investment ManagementJanuary 17, 2022
Forces of Nature
Supply Chain Reaction
Chaos for Christmas? We unwrap the global supply chain crisis that is impacting holiday gifting this year.
Newton Investment ManagementJanuary 14, 2022
Forces of Nature
Buy now, pay (more?) later?
Why is buy now, pay later so attractive to consumers? We discuss the business and investment case around BNPL, along with the regulatory environment of the new installment payment product.
Newton Investment ManagementJanuary 14, 2022
Asset Allocation
SWFs invest record amounts in VC
SWFs invested record amounts into venture capital last year with VC allocations ballooning. Overall assets were boosted by four new SWFs: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cape Verde and Rio de Janeiro. While Israel, Namibia, Bahamas and Mozambique will all launch this year.
Sarah RundellJanuary 13, 2022
COVID-19
Long Covid for the global economy
Prevention is the balm for global economic shock, says respected central bank adviser Professor Warwick McKibbin who says the world’s economic future is uncertain and inflation is likely to remain under a persistent pandemic.
Meredith BoothJanuary 13, 2022