liquidity

Investor Profile

HOOPP’s constant portfolio refresh; focus on liquidity

An increased focus on liquidity management through factors, a leaning towards public markets and robust risk management are all key to implementing HOOPP’s “maniacal focus on liquidity” that helps CIO Michael Wissell sleep at night. Amanda White spoke to the Toronto-based investment chief ahead of the Fiduciary Investors Symposium.

Amanda WhiteMay 23, 2024

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South Africa’s GEPF mulls proposed liquidity pressures

South Africa's pension funds may have to keep much more liquidity on hand if proposed legislation allows beneficiaries to access their retirement savings early. South Africa's GEPF ponders the implications for long-term investment.

Sarah RundellJuly 11, 2023

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CalPERS board reflects on liquidity and leverage; higher delegation limits

The investment team at CalPERS asks the investment committee for an increase in staff delegation limits for private assets to help meet the new SAA to private markets, and the board reflects on the liquidity and leverage program in place.

Sarah RundellNovember 22, 2022

FIS Chicago 2022

Beyond traditional asset allocation

Today’s challenging climate has led diversified investors like GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, to explore different approaches to portfolio construction to build resilience. Grace Qiu and Ding Li, both senior vice presidents in total portfolio policy and allocation at GIC discuss their new research.

Sarah RundellJune 21, 2022

Risk

Why liquidity management will be harder in a post-COVID-19 world

CIOs need more sophisticated tools to manage liquidity in a post-COVID world, experts say, now that the DC retirement landscape has been permanently changed following the precedent of early release schemes.

Amanda WhiteMay 12, 2022

Infrastructure

Performance variation impacts treatment of infrastructure: PGIM

Historical performance and cash flow characteristics differ enormously among infrastructure asset sectors, and even between assets of the same sector, says the vice president of PGIM IAS’ private assets research program. But scarcity of data makes infrastructure performance notoriously hard to study.

Ben HurleyMarch 16, 2022