Here now, the news:
- Argentina is still looking to its national pension fund to fill budget gaps.
- CIC remains committed to its co-investment vehicle with the Russians.
- CalPERS Joe Dear: “Fees in private equity are too high; we want them reduced.”
- Mongolia is considering a new foreign investment law that targets SWFs.
- Qatar partners up with Barclays
- Nigeria’s Finance Ministry talks about rebuilding the Excess Crude Account. A sign that NSIA negotiations are going poorly then?
- There is apparently a push to expand PE at SWFs in the Middle East.
- Are your investments contributing to... "...the preservation of the world”? No? Then you should probably go and talk to PGGM.
- Oh you thought interests couldn’t be any less aligned than they are now? How naïve of you: Here’s some more blurring of the lines between consultants and managers.