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Future Fund goes defensive
Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has lost more than $2 billion in the September quarter, as global share markets tumbled – despite reducing its equity exposure and moving more into defensive assets, such as cash.
Using a ‘foreign language shield’ to improve investment decision making
Introducing a “foreign language shield” into a decision-making process is a proven way of making better decisions, according to Cass Sunstein, the Robert Walmsey University Professor at Harvard Law School. Sunstein, a former administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium (FIS) at Harvard University that
AP funds reform: Expanded opportunity in private equity
Much anticipated reform of Sweden’s five buffer funds will liquidate AP1, dividing assets between AP3 and AP4. Private equity specialist AP6 will also merge with AP2, expanding the opportunity for the private equity investor and securing the future of the specialist team.
US housing stuck in the doldrums
Like investors the world over, Americans thought property was gilt-edged, then along came CDOs. Meanwhile, corporate debt just keeps on keeping on. John O’Brien, van Eyk’s head of research, spoke with Philippa Yelland.
CalSTRS’ governance work recognised
Without full proxy access on the corporate ballot, broader shareholder activity such as majority vote and compensation alignment are set back, according to corporate governance director at CalSTRS, Anne Sheehan, who together with chief executive, Jack Ehnes, has been named on the National Association of Company Directors’ list of 100 most influential corporate governance leaders.
New Mexico’s shakeup: Private markets in; risk parity out.
As he prepares to put more money to work in private markets, New Mexico’s new CIO Michael Shackelford discusses why he is paring back on risk parity and removing private credit hedge funds, and his preference for open-ended funds.
Hedge FoFs on the wane with experienced investors
Hedge funds have had a bad rap for a long time, often undeserved. But the global financial crisis coupled with the Madoff scandal has affected their growth. UK-based alternatives research firm Preqin surveyed 50 institutional investors about their investments with hedge funds and hedge funds of funds (FoFs). The demands of institutional investors following their
Defined benefit still dominates largest funds
Defined benefit funds still dominate the structure of the largest 300 pension funds globally, and this troop of large funds now make up almost half of all pension assets around the world.
Toward an infrastructure asset class
EDHECinfra proposes industry standard benchmarks for infrastructure, based on a framework for measuring risk-adjusted performance and the results from its survey of investors.
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