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What China’s index inclusion means
The implications for investors of the inclusion of China A-shares in the wider MSCI indexes, an inevitable outcome, will be discussed at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Yale in October.
Long-horizon premium: up to 1.5%
A study from the Thinking Ahead Institute finds the premium for long-horizon investing is up to 1.5 per cent a year and identifies eight strategies for reaching that target.
South Africa’s GEPF prepares the ground for a two pot system
South Africa’s $119 billion Government Employee Pension Fund is in the process of readying its investment processes for a new law that will allow people to draw down some of their retirement income early.
Is passion for investing important?
Is passion a characteristics of a good funds manager, and if so how does it manifest itself? These issues are explored with a number of Australia’s most respected investment managers.
What Seatown could achieve for Temasek
Seatown Holdings, the fund manager being launched by the $121 billion Temasek, one of Singapore’s two sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), is not a hedge fund. It is a global investment company with a mandate to invest in stocks and bonds – but its size and private structure can enable it to tap sources of return
New York’s actions louder than words
Low emissions index is crucial to New York Common’s ongoing commitment to environmental, social and governance considerations. Amanda White spoke to chief investment officer, Vicki Fuller.
Shared fund objectives key to investor success
The practice of benchmarking the salaries of senior executives of institutional funds with reference to external financial services firms, instead of the shared objectives of the fund, is a major barrier to their success, according to Professor Gordon Clark of Oxford University and director of Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. Clark sees the
CALPERS’ chief navigates ‘perfect storm’
Outgoing CaIPERS’ CEO, Anne Stausboll, talks to Amanda White in an exclusive interview, about her passionate views on sustainability, simplifying the portfolio, and where improvements are needed.
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