Spain to hold a global investor call on updated borrowing needs

The Spanish treasury has invited investors to join a call on Friday to discuss the sovereign’s recently updated funding programme for the year.

California pension sees surge in subscription line capital calls

Private equity firms are drawing down credit lines to reduce outstanding fund level debt

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund appoints new chief executive

London-based hedge fund manager Nicolai Tangen will start the role in September

Ontario pension plan’s private equity investments boost 2019 returns

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan’s private equity portfolio has shifted focus to co-investments and direct investments

Pension funds stick with private equity allocation plans amid market turmoil

Many of the largest US pension funds have no plans to halt their private equity commitments as coronavirus fears tank stocks

Adviser to Carlyle co-founder David Rubenstein’s family office registers with the SEC

Declaration Partners registered to raise outside money for Viagogo’s deal to buy eBay’s StubHub business

SWFI releases global asset owner survey for March 2020

Opalesque Industry Update - SWFI's latest survey data for Q1 2020 has been compiled and is ready for release. SWFI secured business intelligence from CIO's, Strategists, Economists, and Portfolio Managers from central banks, sovereign wealth

Finland drops Moody’s from solicited credit ratings

Finland has cut the number of its solicited credit ratings from three to two after removing Moody’s, leaving the sovereign with scores from Fitch and S&P Global.

Bond investors start grilling EM sovereign issuers on ESG

Government debt management offices are facing a new experience: bond investors enquiring about their countries’ environmental, social and governance attributes.

Texas Municipal Retirement System’s private equity director to leave

Chris Schelling, who set up pension system’s private equity portfolio, is joining Windmuehle Funds

HgCapital targets more than £6bn for three new funds

UK firm aims to raise $3.91bn for its second fund focused on larger mid-market deals and the same amount for its core mid-market strategy, pension documents show

Sovereign green bonds enter mainstream despite Covid-19 hurdles

Green bonds are becoming the rule, rather than the exception, for Europe’s sovereigns with two more debuts this week. Covid-19 has delayed others from entering the market but the instruments are now well and truly

HSBC wants to take mid-market push beyond UK

HSBC might be in the middle of a big restructuring, but that isn’t stopping plans to develop mid-market M&A efforts in France, Germany and Asia as well as the UK, writes David Rothnie. The bank

China policy round-up: Sino-US relationship worsens, Beijing commits to maintaining supply chains, India bans WeChat

In this round-up, China joins a 12-country initiative to ensure supply chain connectivity, India has banned 59 Chinese apps including WeChat for being ‘prejudicial’ to its sovereignty and integrity, and tensions between China and the

AMB :- CalSTRs CEO set to retire

Bailey McCann, Opalesque New York: CalSTRS CEO Jack Ehnes will retire in September. Ehnes made the announcement during a board meeting at the pension system today. Ehnes joined CalSTRS as CEO in February 2002. Ehnes

Sovereign Capital expands investment team

Emma Flin will focus on the business and technology & information services sectors

California teachers’ pension takes stock of coronavirus impact

The effects of the coronavirus on one of the largest US public pension systems has been limited by the structure of its private equity investments

AMB :- ESG factors link to credit risk, says study

Laxman Pai, Opalesque Asia: Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have a more significant effect on sovereign credit spreads in developed markets than emerging ones, says a study. A research by Federated Her...Article Link

KPMG’s former pensions arm reopens after buyout

Isio, its new name, advises more than 1,000 clients on over £90bn of pension assets

Pension funds question PE firms’ jurisdiction of choice after Cayman put on EU ‘blacklist’

The €119bn Danish public pension fund ATP said it will not invest in the Cayman Islands going forward

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