Here’s some news:

• Kuwait finance minister resigned after serious grilling by (opposition) parliament over irregularities at the KIA.
• NJ CIO admits that chronic under-resourcing of his pension fund has forced him to make $2.5 billion deal with Blackstone.
• Finance guy goes undercover on pension board and finds out that asset managers will drop science on members to confuse rather than educate.
• Here’s why pensions have to get better at negotiating fees.

• “Reconciling Transparency and Long-Term Investing within Sovereign Funds”
• “Financial Institutions, Information, & Investing-At-A-Distance”
• “The Scope of Financial Institutions: In-Sourcing, Outsourcing, and Off-Shoring”