Yale wants out. Four years ago, half of its assets were invested in various illiquid markets, mostly in private equity. This year, the university is looking to sell roughly $6 billion worth of private-equity (PE) assets, 30% of the total […]
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Had enough of the UK winter? Thinking you might prefer some sunshine, golden sand and turquoise sea? The rest of the nation is thinking exactly the same. All eyes, then, to the all-year-round sunshine of the Caribbean and, in particular,
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Fancy a few European defence stocks? Not long ago, the answer to that from pretty much all investors would have been a very firm “no”. Defence didn’t fit the environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics of most fund-management firms and
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