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Extracting value from managers
Three funds find effective ways to get better value from staff, co-investment and private markets. The Danish ATP, Australian Sunsuper and the Teachers Retirement System of Texas are among the funds looking at innovative ways to extract value and interact with the managers of their private equity allocations. Institutional investors are increasingly seeking new ways
If the gold asset fits, wear it
The debate over gold’s value as a financial asset will always be intense. But investors should look past the rhetoric to the evidence, when making a decision about whether it’s right for their po
Applying a factor approach to total portfolio management
A new report points to the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA) as one way for institutional investors to build more resiliency into their portfolios. Report contributors Derek Walker and Geoffrey Rubin from CPP Investments explain how they apply a factor lens to the process.
CIC expands portfolio with major investment bank stake
The China Investment Corporation (CIC) is having its domestic portfolio boosted through the transfer of the 43.5 per cent stake in China International Capital Corp (CICC), the country’s largest investment bank, by it’s state-controlled brokerage firm, China Jianyin Investment Securities.
….. as 14-member international advisory board named
The CIC has named a 14-member International Advisory Council, which will advise the board and senior management on issues including portfolio development, strategy, and overseas investments.
Insurance-linked securities spruiked
Insurance-linked securities should have a larger weighting in many investors’ portfolios, Mercer advises, as last year’s hurricanes and other natural disasters are driving up premiums.
…as New Mexico Governor latest to ban third-party marketers
Bill Richardson has directed the State Investment Office to ban the use of third-party placement agents on investments of the state’s Permanent Funds.
Feeling the force of falling endowments
A number of Ivy League universities – including Yale, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) – are directly feeling the affects of the negative performance of their endowment funds, and are being forced to cut operating budgets for the 2009/10 financial year.
Calm under fire; REST’s Brendan Casey
As adept at giving orders as taking them, REST’s Brendan Casey juggles his dual careers in military and investment operations with aplomb.
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