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Border to Coast hunts strategic partners as private markets set to surge
The UK’s LGPS pool, £120 billion ($161 billion) Border to Coast, is hunting for strategic relationships with asset managers and global asset owners as it prepares to invest £40 billion in private markets. Chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Top1000funds.com about the fund's approach to finding long-term partnerships in the market.
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The governance-performance link
Academics at Switzerland’s University of St. Gallen find that governance is positively related to both excess and risk-adjusted net returns but only marginally related to funds’ asset choices.
Fund braces for geopolitical risk
SEB has restructured its risk factor portfolio and raised the allocation to senior secure loans within its large alternatives portfolio. The changes address rising global uncertainty.
Calif. fund seeks ‘safe’ returns
San Bernardino County Employees’ Retirement Association seeks value assets with income and a contract. These qualities help ensure a return, while increasing holdings in cash and alternatives.
Satyajit Das: access real income
Author Satyajit Das, who warned about derivatives before the GFC, says debt levels have turned the whole world into a carry trade and managers need to get close to real income streams.
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