SIMON MUMME, Author at Top1000funds.com

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Abu Dhabi SWF sends $1bn to Malaysia

The $14.7 billion Mubadala Development of Abu Dhabi is believed to be slating co-investments totalling $1 billion in the Malaysian energy, real estate and hospitality industries with a newly formed sovereign wealth fund from the Asian nation.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 22, 2009

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US instos call for new authority on market risk

The Investors’ Working Group (IWG) has urged the US Government to set up an independent authority to monitor the activities and risk exposures of dominant financial institutions and advise regulators on ways to mitigate current and emerging risks in the financial system.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 22, 2009

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CalPERS to senate: hedgies with US assets should register with SEC

In his testimony to the US Senate on the regulation of hedge fund and private equity managers, Joe Dear, CIO of CalPERS, said that all managers of US assets should be subject to SEC oversight, and that alternatives should not bear the brunt of blame for the crash, as regulatory shortcomings are now also evident.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 22, 2009

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Alternative sought to EU manager directive

The UK Treasury has taken aim at the European Union directive to impose equivalence tests upon foreign alternatives managers, urging institutional investors to join the debate – and for managers to curb inflammatory remarks and stick to the argument at hand.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 15, 2009

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Khazanah pulls state-owned firms from jaws of crisis

The financial crisis struck as many of the state-owned portfolio companies held by Khazanah Nasional Berdad, Malaysia’s $23 billion (RM82 billion) sovereign wealth fund (SWF), were learning to operate with new executive leaders and, crucially, less gearing. Simon Mumme charts the progress of the manager’s attempts to strengthen and diversify the Malaysian economy throughout the […]

SIMON MUMMEJuly 15, 2009

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Qatar looks to China for more investments

The $62 billion Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)Â could access a greater range of investments in China if its government executes plans to set up an investment promotion office in Beijing in 2010.

SIMON MUMMEJuly 8, 2009