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Commodities slump stalling sovereign wealth growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
Sovereign wealth funds in commodities economies are being forced to sell off assets to manage government deficits, slowing growth for the sector. The 2016 Preqin Sovereign Wealth Fund Review shows that while assets held in sovereign wealth funds collectively ...

Economic uncertainty demands agile insto investment

WHITNEY FITZSIMMONS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
New Research from State Street shows 'official institutions' like sovereign wealth funds (SWFs), central banks and government pensions are adapting their investment and operating models to be more agile. Titled 'Transforming to Meet the Needs of a New ...

Infrastructure pricing reshaping investment landscape

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016
... director Janice Morris said there is no doubt that the current domestic market is competitive. "We have sovereign wealth funds and Canadians who have large capital to deploy. It is competitive not only in the large billion-dollar deals but also in small-size ...

QIC purchases New York shopping centre

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2016
... $78.8 billion in funds under management and about 90 global clients including governments, pension plans, sovereign wealth funds and insurers.

S&P launches long-term sustainability index

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... objective of the index), there has been particular interest from large long-term institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds. New Zealand Superannuation Fund chief executive Adrian Orr commented on the launch, saying that "Traditional market practices ...

Venture capital is back in vogue

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2015
... growing recently including the Pacific Equity Partners Fund IV. And there's also renewed appetite for foreign sovereign wealth funds to invest in domestic private equity as well as our own Future Fund that increase its allocation to private equity by ...

Hedge funds under cost pressure from brokers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2015
... of prime brokers with 13% saying they plan to seek financing from the likes of institutional investors, sovereign wealth funds, custodians and other hedge funds.

Sovereign wealth funds banking on Aussie innovation

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2015
Sovereign wealth funds are leading investment in the Australian private equity and venture capital industry, contributing 26% of new fundraising in the past financial year. Not only did overseas investors jump on Australian entrepreneurs in 2015, they ...

UK govt tempts super funds with real estate projects

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2015
... Australia to meet with chief investment officers and analysts from the nation's leading superannuation and sovereign wealth funds. "In a bid to intelligently match projects with institutional investors, we are looking for a list of ask criteria from ...

Pengana and PanAgora strike new deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2015
... $53 billion across a range of strategies for over 125 institutional investors worldwide including large sovereign wealth funds as well as government and corporate pension funds. It manages about $2 billion for Australian institutional investors. Pengana ...