2021 Top Public Pension Investment Directors
Public pensions serve a critical role in society. All too often, they’re only in the news when beneficiaries or taxpayers are displeased. At Trusted Insight, we lift up the stories of institutional investors who are quietly going beyond their benchmarks to deliver outsize returns for their beneficiaries. This year’s Top Pension Fund Investment Directors list honors the work of pension LPs who have been leading today’s most successful and innovative pension programs.
Commercial Real Estate Recovering
Investment in Asia Pacific commercial real estate reached US$83.5 billion in the first half of 2021, representing growth of 39% year-on-year, bringing the figure close to pre-pandemic levels, according to the real estate firm JLL.
Shale Markets, Llc / Emec Pushes For Franco-scottish Floating Wind And Hydrogen Collaboration
By Sanja Pekic The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has delivered a report with recommendations to facilitate research collaborations between Scottish and French floating wind and hydrogen organisations. The post EMEC pushes for Franco-Scottish floating wind and hydrogen collaboration appeared first on Offshore Energy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: LNG World News.
Shale Markets, Llc / Canada's Kitimat Lng Project Marks Construction Milestone
By Sanja Pekic The Shell-led LNG Canada project in Kitimat Harbour is progressing through the "going vertical" stage. The post Canada's Kitimat LNG project marks construction milestone appeared first on Offshore Energy. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: LNG World News.
Byju's Acquires Great Learning For $600M - The Financial Express
To help the company gain foothold in higher education space. : Byju's on Monday said it has acquired edtech start-up Great Learning for $600 million in a cash, stock and earnout deal. The move will help the firm, which is valued at $16.5 billion, gain a foothold in the professional upskilling and higher education space. The acquisition comes days after Byju's acquired US-based kids digital reading platform Epic in a $500-million deal.
Embark Veterinary Inks $75M Series B Funding
BOSTON, MA, Embark Veterinary, a leader in dog genetics, announced $75 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2.
What This Small Family-owned Bakery Can Teach Us About Succession Planning
Estate Planners have an endless list of horror stories of how family businesses collapse in three generation, but here is a success story of one family business - a Scottish Bakery in Detroit Michigan. .
America's Billion-dollar Gas Game: Nord Stream 2 Threatens Us Energy Exports To Europe -- Puppet Masters -
No wonder Washington wanted to block it The US and Germany came to a historic agreement last week over the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, as a compromise between the hawks who have sought to sink the project and those who want to do business with Russia. However, efforts to draw a line under the debate over the almost-finished energy link have clearly not pacified Ukraine's foreign minister.
Cyprus Regulated Digital Assets Hedge Fund Ark36 Hires Loukas Lagoudis As Exec Director
Cyprus Regulated Digital Assets Hedge Fund ARK36 Hires Loukas Lagoudis as Exec Director Crowdfund Insider. : Cyprus-regulated digital assets hedge fund ARK36 announced that it is appointing Loukas Lagoudis to serve as Executive Director and Socrates Minas as Investor Relations Manager in order to strengthen its Cyprus investment division.
Global Pe Posts Record Buyout Value In Q2 Thanks To Tmt, Pharma | White & Case Llp
Increasing cooperation between global PE players is pushing up price tags - Global PE activity has gone from strength to strength in 2021, with total value in Q2 overtaking the previous record high achieved in the first quarter of 2021....By: White & Case LLP.
Pencom Seeks Measurable Impact Of Pension Funds Investment On Economy - Businessday Ng
The National Pension Commission (PenCom) is focused on achieving measurable impact of the country's growing pension funds on the economy through diversified investment portfolio. The focus is to have more measurable impacts on the Nigerian economy through diversified and increased investment of pension funds in infrastructure, real estate and alternative assets, the Commission said in [...]