Newsmakers
Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Loses $71 Billion in Q1
The fund’s investment portfolio declined 4.9% due to market volatility caused by “geopolitical turbulence.”
Tag: Sovereign Wealth Fund
How Allocators Are Honing Asset Strategies, Amid a Problematical Future
Many institutional investors have positioned their funds to generate returns, while others are girding for further volatility.
Asset Allocation
Stone Point, GIC to Acquire Recordkeeper Ascensus
Investors are betting on ‘further growth’ in the financial technology firm that should benefit from aging societies.
Pensions
Alaska Permanent Fund Returns 2% in Fiscal 2020
The sovereign wealth fund beat a passive index benchmark, but missed its return target.
Asset Allocation
Temasek Boosts Cybersecurity and Biotech Investments
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund placed wagers on two American companies, cyber-services startup BlueVoyant and biosensors business Glympse Bio.
Asset Management Culture
Singapore Readies International Blockchain Payments Network for Adoption
The project successfully clears different currencies, say backers sovereign wealth fund Temasek and the city-state’s central bank.
Newsmakers
Support Grows for US Creating a Sovereign Wealth Fund
Ray Dalio, Joseph Stiglitz say such a move could help close the wealth inequality gap.
Alternatives
Temasek Joins Facebook-Backed Libra Association
The Singapore sovereign wealth fund is the first government-owned entity to join the blockchain project.
Alternatives
Alaska Permanent Fund Contemplates a New Dalio-Backed Gold Allocation
The new allocation would provide the portfolio with a new risk-mitigating asset class, citing the support of Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio.
Asset Management Culture
Norges Bank Draws Down Oil Revenues to Ease Coronavirus Impact
Norway’s central bank is ramping up spending amid greater calls from the government for a stimulus package.
Asset Allocation
Norway’s Pension Fund Divests from Upstream Energy Companies
The Scandinavian country is the latest entity to run scared from oil-dependent firms.
Exclusive: Exit Interview as Paul Ballard Says Goodbye to Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust
His innovative approach to risk management leaves its mark: on his last day at the office before retiring, Ballard reflects on lessons learned at the $80 billion plan since 2003.
Newsmakers
Exclusive: Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Co. CIO Retiring
Paul Ballard approached investing with an eye for uncorrelated sources of return, ran the $80 billion sovereign wealth fund since 2003.
Marcus Frampton’s Co-Investment Concept
How the Alaska Permanent Fund CIO changed the Sovereign Wealth Fund's PE game.
Newsmakers
Japan’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Surpasses Norway’s as World’s Largest
A 1.5% return for fiscal 2018 raises the fund’s total asset value to $1.46 trillion.