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New Jersey’s $85 billion fund stockpiles cash, eyes PE secondaries
An underweight position across private markets, predicated on a view that geopolitics and inflation mean interest rates are not coming down any time soon, has positioned the New Jersey Division of Investment with plenty of dry powder and a cash position four times the policy allocation. It is now readying for opportunities in private equity secondaries and with emerging managers. Chief investment officer Shoaib Khan spoke to Top1000funds.com.
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Infrastructure investment opportunities
During the current COVID 19 environment, investment in infrastructure should be leveraged as an opportunity to keep people employed, keep businesses afloat and to maintain the productive capacity of the economy.
Singer bets on Europe, emerging markets
William Blair's, head of dynamic allocation strategies, Brian Singer is looking to invest in Europe and emerging markets as the recovery from the global economic shutdown to contain the pandemic will likely take longer than what the market has priced in.
What is the virus world order?
Professor Stephen Kotkin stops to consider the rollercoaster ride in politics, leadership and policy making that we have seen globally over the past few months. Who will win? What does the future look like? And how will the global economy restructure for survival?
One giant leap for Europe?
The Franco-German proposal for a COVID-19 recovery fund is not quite the “Hamiltonian moment” that some have claimed. But, by reshaping the debate on risk mutualization and the benefits of transfers, it could set the stage for one.
Active ESG focus pays at Norway’s OPF
Active equity has been the main driver of performance at Norway’s biggest municipal pension fund, the $11 billion Oslo Pensjonsforsikring, which uses the same exclusion list as Norway’s giant $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund.
Regulatory implications for banking
This note provides the IMF and the World Bank staff’s high-level recommendations and guidance on the appropriate regulatory and supervisory responses for the banking sector and offers an overview of measures taken across jurisdictions to date.
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