CalPERS is set to change its benchmarks for measuring performance compensation for senior investment staff so they are consistent with recent changes to its strategic asset allocation.
San Francisco stays faithful to equities
While some funds move towards more defensive allocations, executive director of the San Francisco Employees Retirement System, Gary Amelio (pictured), says the fund will maintain its belief in equities as it embarks on its five-year asset liability study.
That’s what I’m talking about …
When a consortium of investors, which included the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, bought a majority stake in Skype from eBay in September 2009, it was valued at $2.75 billion. This week Microsoft agreed to buy Skype for $8.7 billion in cash.
Asian equity markets play catch-up
A year after the so-called flash crash damaged confidence in equities, exchange regulators across the world were scrambling to catch up, leaving investors with an increasingly complex range of market microstructures to navigate, experts said.
Investors see oasis in Arab desert
While international money took fright and fled the Middle East in the wake of recent political turmoil, less risk-adverse investors are noticing the region could be fertile ground for returns.
Recovery in action: Irish SWF liquidates
The portion of Ireland’s sovereign wealth fund where investments can be made at the direction of the Minister for Finance, directed investments, is now considerably bigger than the fund’s discretionary portfolio, following a further €4.5 billion liquidation in April.
