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SWFs experience 18 per cent growth amid global downturn
Despite recent investment losses, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) collectively grew by 18 per cent in 2008, bringing the sum of assets held by the vehicles to US$3.9 trillion, a report from International Financial Services London (IFSL) found.
UN fund increases equities exposure
The $37 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund increased its allocation to equities by 4 per cent in the past quarter, at the expense of real estate and bonds, and is now overweight the asset class, as it continues to support active management.
If good pain exists, private markets are feeling it
Uncertainty surrounding the impact of the US administration’s policy plans weighed on markets, including the implementation and reversal of tariffs, job cuts across the federal workforce and tightened immigration enforcement.
Church of England: Why merger of miners would be bad for investors
The prospect of consolidation in the mining industry is a source of concern for Church of England Pensions Board’s chief responsible investment officer. He explains why.
Recovery in action: Irish SWF liquidates
The portion of Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund where investments can be made at the direction of the Minister for Finance, directed investments, is now considerably bigger than the fund’s discretionary portfolio, following a further €4.5 billion liquidation in April.
Searching high and low for inflation
There’s a debate raging about whether modern economies have banished high inflation to the history books. The short answer, Mercer argues, is it’s complicated. So, investors better have a plan.
Verification essential for more impact
A new impact investing verification, which uses the same level of rigor that institutional investors approach the due diligence of fund managers, promises to unlock capital flows into impact and build the necessary scale with integrity needed to address the urgent social, environmental, and economic challenges.
Investing In Climate Change 2009
One year ago, we published Investing in Climate Change: An Asset Management Perspective. We argued that the growing investment opportunities in climate change were driven by long-term mega-trends that would continue into the foreseeable future. One year on, the absolute necessity to act now to mitigate and adapt to climate change is even more urgent,
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