To gain alpha, institutional investors have many avenues. For large investors, the endowment model has traditionally worked well. However, it can lead to overdiversification and pose challenges for smaller investors looking to replicate the model, according to a new paper. In the endowment model, also known as the Yale model, large endowments typically outsource the […]
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe’s economic policies, known as ‘Abenomics,’ have led to big improvements in corporate governance in the country, says Iain Campbell, a portfolio manager for the Baillie Gifford Overseas Fund. While there’s been a lot of discussion about whether Abenomics is working, the improvements in corporate governance are coming through in how […]
Since Gerald Schwartz founded Onex Corp. in 1984, both his firm and the private equity industry have come a long way, with the size of the asset class skyrocketing. “In a way, success is just standing there and having the wind at your back for 40 years,” said Schwartz at the CFA Society Toronto’s annual […]
While private equity’s original advantage was taking over a firm to revamp its governance and operations, private equity companies are now finding fewer underperforming firms to fix and the private equity model is changing, according to a new paper by Elisabeth de Fontenay, a professor of law at Duke University. The paper, which is set […]
Like Canadian defined benefit plans, many U.S. plan sponsors are purchasing annuities to get out of the pension business. But why are companies choosing the de-risking route versus freezing or winding up their plans? A new working paper by Brian Silverstein, a PhD candidate at Florida Atlantic University, looked at instances of complete divestitures of […]
The Alternative Investment Management Association has published a new handbook on the Canadian alternative investment landscape. “Canada has a long history of excellence in alternatives,” says Belle Kaura, current chair of AIMA Canada and vice-president of legal and chief compliance officer at Third Eye Capital. “The stage is set for the Canadian industry to reach […]
At the beginning of September, Provident10, which oversees the administration and asset management for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Public Service Pension Plan, welcomed a new chief investment officer, Michel Malo. With $6.6 billion in invested assets as of year-end 2018, Provident10 is a fairly new entity. In December 2014, the province’s government and its five largest […]
The Alternative Investment Management Association has published a new handbook on the Canadian alternative investment landscape. “Canada has a long history of excellence in alternatives,” says Belle Kaura, current chair of AIMA Canada and vice-president of legal and chief compliance officer at Third Eye Capital “The stage is set for the Canadian industry to reach […]
There are many reasons for pension plans to consider exposure to liquid alternatives, but the first step is understanding the asset class. Simply, liquid alternatives are alternative assets, such as currency, commodities or emerging market debt, which are available in liquid forms, as well as alternative strategies like long-short investment strategies, says Michael Sager, vice-president […]
There’s a crisis in financial research because of statistical shortfalls, says Marcos López de Prado, a professor of practice at Cornell University’s school of engineering and chief investment officer of True Positive Technologies. “When a journal receives a paper, they don’t know how many experiments the researcher has conducted and, as a result, they cannot […]