First, here are the day’s top stories:
- Who are the key players at the Qatar Investment Authority? These guys.
- A San Francisco Grand Jury scolds the San Francisco Employees’ Retirement System over its investment strategy. That’s a first.
- The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation has reportedly sold off a number of its private equity fund interests. A sign of more in-sourcing? Probably.
- Alabama voters to consider a $500 million transfer out of the Alabama Trust Fund and into the general fund.
- The Future Fund has announced its intention to acquire the Australian Infrastructure Fund for $2 billion.
- Qatar Holding flexes its muscles on ‘Glenstrata’.
Second, here are a few interesting papers:
- This paper by Robert D. Arnott and Denis B. Chaves on how demographic changes are impacting financial markets and the economy is good.
- Here’s a paper by Herman Schwartz on political capitalism and the rise of SWFs.
- Efraim Chalamish has a paper that offers an interesting legal analysis of the SWF phenomenon.
Have a nice weekend!
