Study gives evidence of value-add from TPA over SAA

The funds that use TPA added 1.8 per cent pa for 10 years above those using SAA in a recent Thinking Ahead Institute study of 26 asset owners. And the systems-thinking TPA approach, with the benefits of dynamism and joined-upness, will help asset owners in an environment of increasing complexity.

Border to Coast prepares to answer the call for pre-IPO growth capital

Joe McDonnell, CIO of Border to Coast, says the £45 billion fund can help fill the gap in funding UK private companies wanting to IPO. It’s part of an investment strategy that sees a focus on putting capital to work innovatively and intentionally for its underlying funds.

Asset owners pressing the reset button

The synergy of talented individuals working together is the key to unlocking organisational and portfolio alpha, according to an indepth new study of 26 asset owners including the Future Fund. The study’s author Roger Urwin of the Thinking Ahead Institute discusses the challenges and opportunities of this combinatorial power.

UK’s transition-focused SWF gets green light

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves didn’t waste any time approving the UK’s new SWF aimed at funding the energy transition. As it begins to lay down structure and governance frameworks critics point to the challenges of bringing projects to a level where they are investable.

Private equity: Florida SBA mulls CFOs as alternative to secondaries

Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) is exploring innovative new strategies in its private equity portfolio like Collateralized Fund Obligations and “NAV loans” to tap liquidity and reposition the portfolio as an alternative to selling in the secondaries market.