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Pulling Simon Fraser University’s endowment funds back from the brink

bwolfe — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:51:33 +0000

Jacky Shen suspects he was the oldest intern Simon Fraser University’s treasury department ever had. It was 2007, he was in his early 40s, had just arrived in Canada with his family and was studying for a master’s degree in the university’s wealth management program. As an intern, Shen — now the university’s treasurer and […]

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Institutional investors emphasizing ESG factors amid pandemic, finds survey

bwolfe — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 13:00:42 +0000

While 72 per cent of institutional investors are currently integrating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment strategies, 29 per cent are placing greater emphasis on ESG considerations as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new survey by RBC Global Asset Management. The survey, which polled 800 global institutional investors, found […]

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UPP naming Christophe L’Ahelec director of external manager program

Gideon Scanlon — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 13:00:26 +0000

The University Pension Plan is naming Christophe L’Ahelec the director of its external manager program. L’Ahelec, who advised the UPP on the implementation of its investment activities in the months leading up to the plan’s launch in July, previously served as a senior principal at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. In that role, he was […]

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Sovereigns Seeding Managers

mschmit — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:01:52 +0000

Big institutions on the lookout for rising stars.

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Internal vs. External Managers

mschmit — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:58:43 +0000

How do pension funds and SWFs decide?

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Restructuring the China Investment Corporation

mschmit — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:20:21 +0000

What would CIC look like without external managers?

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