private assets

AIMCo makes private equity top priority

Canada's AIMCo is pushing innovation further, taking ownership stakes in energy groups and hedge funds, and going after private equity with renewed gusto.

Sarah RundellMay 21, 2018

CPPIB considers impact of size

As the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board gets larger, it is considering how to retain its sizeable private-market holdings with public proxies. It’s a ‘capacity issue’.

Amanda WhiteNovember 20, 2017

The value of the Canadian model

A lot has been written about the superiority of the “Canadian model” for managing pensions, but can a value be assigned to this organisational design structure?

Amanda WhiteAugust 8, 2017

LPP’s pooling ahead of the game

LPP’s chief investment officer is convinced proper governance is the key to fund collaborations. He has Lancashire County and London pensions on similar paths and has bulked up in-house prowess.

Sarah RundellMay 22, 2017

A leader inside and out

UniSuper CIO John Pearce has put together an internal team that consistently delivers top-ranked returns. Here, he discusses his investment philosophy and reveals a dominant theme for 2017.

Sally Rose and Dan PurvesMarch 6, 2017

Re-intermediating investment management

In this paper, Ashby Monk and Rajiv Sharma from the Global Projects Center at Stanford University, examine the balance of power among the various parties in the private assets investment food chain. They argue that fund managers have too much power, as do the consultants that act as gatekeepers to those managers. While the authors […]

Amanda WhiteJuly 22, 2015

Asset Allocation

AIMCo makes private equity top priority

Asset Classes

CPPIB considers impact of size

Governance

The value of the Canadian model

Asset Allocation

LPP’s pooling ahead of the game

In-house Investments

A leader inside and out

Research

Re-intermediating investment management

California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS)

Future Fund

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS)

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