PSP Expands Agricultural Portfolio Private & Alternative Markets Whether in walnuts and almonds in Australia, coffee in Brazil, or sugar cane in Hawaii, Canadian pension fund PSP Investments is now an agriculture investor to contend with. Read More
Risk Mitigation Helps OPTrust Limit Losses Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Financial Crisis, Private & Alternative Markets Canadian fund OPTrust employs a risk mitigating portfolio to help protect the fund from the worst of the volatility that can be experienced in growth assets, and it has proven quite resilient during the recent turmoil. Read More
When Chickens Come Home to Roost Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets Chicken farms and almond plantations are perhaps not the first things that come to mind when thinking about investments. But these agricultural investments have proven to be quite a find for First State Super. Read More
Eyeing Distressed Investments Financial Crisis, Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets Asset consultant bfinance surveys distressed and opportunistic strategies and finds frantic capital raising activity. But not all strategies are equal, as the pandemic means a lack of track records and increased competition in some sectors. Read More
Hedging with Hindsight at VFMC Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation What if you could design your hedging strategy with 20/20 hindsight? We asked VFMC’s Mark Aaron how to best address this question. Read More
Unlisted Assets Should be Valued More Often Financial Crisis, Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate Asset owners should value their unlisted assets more frequently in the current market environment, according to Willis Towers Watson. Read More
Mind The Gap Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets China Pacific Insurance Group CIO Ben Deng speaks to [i3] Insights about the challenges of closing the asset/liability gap in today’s low-yielding environment and shares his excitement about opportunities in Chinese private equity. Read More
How to Spot a Unicorn Opinion, Private & Alternative Markets What is the real difference between venture capital and private equity? Right Click Capital partner Benjamin Chong gives his view and provides a road map to how to spot unicorns. Read More
Adventures in Crypto Land Editorial, Innovation, Private & Alternative Markets Opinions on the sense of investing in cryptocurrencies are divided, so we decided to run a live experiment and see what a small crypto investment would involve. Read More
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