Malaysia’s Khazanah and Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala are in talks around some formal collaboration. Khanazah in link-up talks with Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala, Free Malaysia Today Ashby Monk (@sovereignfund)
Read moreView on Portfolio Diversification
A rather refreshing way to view portfolio diversification: “we can reduce the downside of being wrong, but only at the cost of reducing the upside from being right.” Hiding behind diversification, top1000funds.com Ashby Monk...
Read moreKip McDaniel – How to Get an Allocator’s Attention (EP.115)
Brought to you by: Top Traders Unplugged Podcast and Northern Trust Front Office Solutions | Kip McDaniel is the Chief Content Officer and Editor-in-Chief at Institutional Investor. In the early days of Capital Allocators, Kip joined me to share...
Read moreTexas Endowment Adding Strategic Partnerships
The Chief Investment Officer will soon implement a new partnership program for the endowment. UTIMCO chief Britt Harris plans to recommend BlackRock and J.P. Morgan Asset Management as the Texas endowment’s first strategic partners, according to...
Read moreEgypt’s New Sovereign Wealth Fund
Egypt’s new SWF will begin operations next month. Egypt’s sovereign wealth fund to start operation in October, Ahram Online Ashby Monk (@sovereignfund)
Read moreStrategic Meat Reserves in China
This just in: China is tapping its strategic meat reserves. In other news, China has a strategic meat reserve. China’s tapping its strategic meat reserves as pork prices soar 47%, Quartz Ashby Monk (@sovereignfund)
Read moreCapital Allocators Monthly – November 2019
Announcements and Gratitudes * In the spirit of the Thanksgiving season, I’d like to express my gratitude for those who have allowed me to keep the wheels turning on the podcast. – Individual Members: Each individual...
Read moreChanges in Global Temperature as Investment Risk
Two key things: 1) TAI says global temperature change is the top extreme risk facing all investors, 2) 99.9% of those investors have no tools to assess how this risk will affect their portfolio. IE Investors are facing their single biggest risk...
Read moreAnne Martin – Pulling the Oars as CIO of Wesleyan University (EP.114)
Brought to you by: Top Traders Unplugged Podcast and Northern Trust Front Office Solutions | Anne Martin is the Chief Investment Officer for Wesleyan University, where she manages the school’s $1 billion endowment. Anne’s career started in the...
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