Global Foreign Direct Investment Plummets 42% in 2020
Developed nations were hit the hardest, with FDI tumbling 69% from 2019.
Asset Management Culture
Leon Black: A Career-Making 1990 Call and a Career-Ending One in the 2010s
He owes Apollo’s boffo start to the killing he made on an insurer’s then-skanky high-yield bonds. Then came Epstein.
Breaking News from Davos: China’s Xi Calls for Multilateralism in Keynote Speech
Chinese leader says there is a need to balance COVID-19 responses with economic development.
Veteran Series: Chris Ailman—‘A World Class Asset Manager’
Two decades into his tenure, the investment chief continues to lead US public pension funds into the future.
Ontario Teachers’, Ares Buy Packaging Company
The investors will take a majority stake in TricorBraun after it reported ‘record sales’ in 2020.
Rebound for AUMs among Top 10 Hedge Fund Trends
Consultants Agecroft Partners say that a turnaround in overall hedgie results is bringing a brighter picture.
The Rebound Play: Brazilian Asset Manager Vinci to Go Public in the US
The firm, whose current investors include LACERA and the Rhode Island pension plan, believes the economically stricken South American nation is prepared for a turnaround.
CalPERS Not Ready to Pick CIO
Several finalists have been interviewed for the top spot, but an expected January decision has been delayed.
Dalio Forges ESG Partnership with French Firm
His Bridgewater hedge firm and Lyxor will offer climate-friendly investing vehicle in Europe in 2021.
GPIF Invests $12.5 Billion in Morningstar, MSCI ESG Benchmarks
The Japanese pension giant has already started passively investing with the two US index providers.
Why Smith College Is Moving Its Endowment In-House
The $2 billion fund, now in the market for its first CIO, decided it’s big enough to shift asset management internally.
Veteran Series: For Matt Clark, Investing Is a Matter of Principle
A secret of the South Dakota pension plan chief’s success: putting a premium on inculcating strong values among staff members.
New York State Pension Fund Aims to Be Carbon Net Zero by 2040
The $226 billion Common Retirement Fund joins other institutional investors in following the Paris Agreement’s targets.
4 Public Pension Funding Strategies Besides Employer Contributions
Issuing bonds or tapping gambling revenues are among the methods some states adopt, the National Institute on Retirement Security finds.
CalSTRS Pressures Exxon to Be More Climate-Friendly, Backing Outside Directors Slate
The nation’s second-largest pension fund joins an activist investor in proxy push to elect four board members.