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SWIB sits out the long winter

SWIB is in unprecedented territory with half of the fund’s assets in passive strategies. But it is building a portfolio of hedge funds and an internally managed, multi-asset division.
Sarah RundellApril 15, 2016
Opinion

How to be more opportunistic

With proper governance, Mercer suggests the best way to create value is to establish an internal process to evaluate and capture market opportunities and give external managers more flexibility.
Anthony BrownMarch 24, 2016
Research

Sovereign Development Funds: designing strategic investment institutions

The hunt for alpha is leading traditional investors toward more innovative strategies and operating models. And, significantly, one potential source of inspiration for long-term investors has come from an unconventional place: the community of sovereign development funds (SDFs). In this paper academics from Stanford University provide readers with analytical frameworks that can assist in the […]
Amanda WhiteOctober 9, 2015
Research

The power of knowledge management

Funds management is often discussed in the context of it being part art and part science, however most of the literature centres around the science, the finance, of funds management. The premise of active management is that skills and knowledge are paramount to capturing excess returns above the benchmark. But despite this premise, little is […]
Amanda WhiteAugust 19, 2015
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