Republican Harry J. Wilson, who's campaigning for state comptroller,
called incumbent Democrat Thomas J. DiNapoli’s management of the state
pension fund “the largest Ponzi scheme in New York State history.”
De Salins, CEO of France's €35 billion Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR), spoke with ai5000 in his Paris office about liquidity issues, asset allocation, and, above all, the nuances of responsible investing.
McFate, after spending two decades in the insurance industry, became the chief investment officer for Xerox in late 2006. In early May, she sat with ai5000 to discuss the intertwined topics of market uncertainty and risk management.
Upin -- formerly at the Stanford Management Company and Sequoia
Capital and now Chief Investment Officer at Menio Park-based Makena
Capital Management -- spoke with ai5000 in defense of the much maligned
endowment model.
Slyngstad -- the CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the division of Oslo's bank that manages one of the largest sovereign wealth funds on the planet, Norway's colossal $457 billion Government Pension Fund -- speaks with ai5000.
Reynolds, following two decades at cross-town rival Fidelity, was lured to Putnam to turn around the once-ailing firm. With its mutual fund business once again on the rise, the next question is: What can Putnam do for the world's largest asset owners?
Fund loses billions in public money. Retirees worry about rent payments. Managers rake in million. Public is outraged. Rinse. Repeat. A look at Quebec’s Caisse de Depot pension fund. Jordan Milne reports.
The conditional offer marks the Toronto-based fund
manager's
second attempt to purchase an Australian toll road operator, following a
failed
bid to take control of Transurban Group in May.
While MassPRIM told ai5000 that they are not currently taking action following the unanimous vote late last month by the SEC to curtail so-called “pay-to-play” schemes, a variety of public pension funds are working to adopt policies limiting the use of placement agents.
BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward’s tour of the Gulf last week increased speculation that the company is looking for investment from sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and other state entities in the region, yet Abu Dhabi is reluctant to invest in the company, a report said.
Hector Mayol, the system’s Administrator, notes that required benefit payments are eating into investable capital, but that the Commonwealth’s Governor is now setting his sights on the pension problem.
