I chat with Sean, senior quantitative analyst at Mine Super, on the scientific process, uncertainty and the changing relationship between academia and the private sector in Australia.
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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.
A return on investments of 4.5 per cent for the first six months of this year, contributed mostly through emerging markets and commodities, has resulted in the coverage ratio of the €180 billion ($250 billion) ABP increasing from 90 to 98 per cent, well within the 93 per cent by the end of 2009 stipulated
The C$43 billion ($40 billion) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) continues its strategic revamp with the appointment of a new chief investment officer, splitting the role from chief executive Michael Nobrega who will focus on the ambitious plans to build co-investment opportunities and offer third-party investment management services. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
While advising clients not to rebalance throughout much of the financial crisis, RogersCasey now believes investors should reposition to a “normal” asset allocation position, providing they re-examine what that ‘normal” is. Amanda White spoke with chief executive Tim Barron. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Global Retail Investors (GRI), a joint venture between the $188 billion CalPERS and First Washington Realty has bought a large portfolio of shopping centres from Macquarie CountryWide Trust, a realestate portfolio the joint venture largely sold to Macquarie nearly five years ago. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The S$185 billion ($134 billion) Temasek Holdings is considering a long-term plan to develop a co-investment platform for retail investors, on the back of a long history of co-investment with private equity funds and other institutional investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The $C87 billion Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (OTPP) is arguing for the protection of investor voting rights in corporate transactions, as one of its private equity funds is fighting the effects a private placement by an investee company may have on the voting results in a second stage amalgamation transaction. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
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