16th April, 2021
Bangladesh is following a growing trend of quasi-SWF infra funds with the launch this week of the Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Fund (BIDF), using a foreign exchange windfall. Yet, the BIDF carries the risk of potentially risky FX reserve depletion and the build-up of a bad loan portfolio that could ultimately undermine its purpose.
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14th April, 2021
Mubadala has made its first entry into the Australian logistics real estate market with a joint venture with Logos and KKR.
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13th April, 2021
The Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO) achieved a 5.4% net return in 2020, boosted by strong returns in private equity (+34.2%) and global credit (+11.1%) and meeting its return benchmark index. Its AUM grow to C$73.3 billion (US$58.2 billion), from C$70.3 billion.
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12th April, 2021
State-owned investors' push for divestment from Myanmar over human rights abuses by the military junta could set the bar for ESG policies towards other markets in the future.
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9th April, 2021
Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala is continuing to explore avenues for liquidity with preparations for an IPO in its semiconductor business GlobalFoundries.
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8th April, 2021
Real assets were in the sights of public pension funds this week with a clear preference for developing partnerships and backing co-investment platforms.
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7th April, 2021
NBIM’s acquisition of a 50% stake in the Borssele 1 and 2 wind farm off the Netherlands for US$1.63 billion is the firing shot for the Norwegian sovereign fund Goliath's plans to devote 2% of its AUM to renewable energy
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6th April, 2021
India’s online food retail space is getting hotter and state-owned investors a keen to be immersed in the fray.
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5th April, 2021
HOOPP published its 2020 annual results, confirming it has become one of the world's best performing funds in the past six years
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1st April, 2021
We chat with Ms. Maarika Paul, EVP and Chief Financial and Operations Officer at global investor CDPQ
31st March, 2021
India’s quasi-SWF, the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund, has sprung a surprise with a new venture into healthcare.
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30th March, 2021
After his first year at the helm, Ontario Teachers Pension Plan CEO Jo Taylor must be heaving a sigh of relief. Rising above the impact of the pandemic, the C$221.2 billion (US$173 billion) public pension fund posted an 8.6% annual return in 2020 with the performance of its equity investments more than offsetting disappointing results in real estate.
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