Over the next five years, institutional investors in alternative assets will be looking to increase their investments in separate accounts and co-investments at the expense of pooled or commingled structures, for reasons of greater control and potentially lower management fees, according to a report just published by research and data firm Preqin, titled The Future …
IDB Invest, the private-sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank Group (IDB) and the Overseas Private Investment Corporate ( OPIC) have partnered to launch Fund Mujer, the first gender-focused fund for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), to invest in female entrepreneurs, companies with a significant share of women leaders, and firms that generate jobs or consumer products for women. …
“Cybersecurity risk is now a board-level concern, and how companies both prepare and react – or don’t – can have long-term implications on share value,” Jennifer Peet, corporate governance director for the Office of Oregon Treasurer and the Oregon Public Employees’ Retirement Fund told IA’s Kaitlyn Mitchell. “Cybersecurity has been a growing concern for several …
Global institutions’ target allocations to real estate are climbing, especially in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the Asia Pacific (APAC), according to a report published last week by consultancy Hodes Weill & Associates and Cornell University. Yet, despite a rise in institutional confidence in the real estate sector for the first time …
The Autumn 2018 edition of Market Group‘s quarterly magazine, Institutional Allocator, is here! Click here to download the magazine Welcome to the second edition of Institutional Allocator’s quarterly magazine. It is my pleasure to introduce with this edition Market Group’s new 10-member Advisory Board, which boasts some very experienced institutional investment practitioners from varied corners of …
Institutional Allocator Reporter Kaitlyn Mitchell sat down with Susan Slocum, treasurer and chief investment officer (CIO) of Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (Children’s), a foundation with $750 million in assets under management (AUM), while attending Markets Group’s 5thAnnual Great Plains Forum in Minnesota on September 12. Slocum ascended from treasurer to treasurer and investment officer …
According to a report released by Gapstow Capital Partners, an investment advisor that focuses exclusively on credit, many U.S. pension funds are now beefing up their alternative credit allocations, in many cases by decreasing investment in traditional fixed income. “We saw a lot of interest in alternative credit coming at the expense of traditional fixed …
The board of the $1.9 billion Colorado County Officials & Employees Retirement Association (CCOERA), in Littleton, has named Elizabeth Price as the Association’s new executive director (ED). The previous ED, Jacob Kuijper, retired in March. Marvin Tuttle has played the role of interim ED since. The fund’s ED is responsible for directing, managing, planning, preparing and …
Mercer has tapped Matt McDaniel to lead the firm’s Financial Strategy Group (FSG) in the U.S. In addition, Jay Dinunzio has been recruited to the FSG team as a principal from Aon, a national retirement consulting firm. McDaniel leads an integrated team of professionals spanning investments, actuarial, and insurance solutions. FSG works with pension plans …
The Frankfort, Ky.-based Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS), with $17.6 billion in assets under management, has embarked on an approximately $350 million strategic investment partnership with Barings, a global investment management firm, and Barings parent company, Mass Mutual, to launch the Barings Real Estate European Value Add I Fund. According to Andy Kiehl, director of real estate and real …
