Worst is yet to come for active managers, Watson Wyatt warns super funds

Hugh Dougherty, head of manager research for Watson Wyatt in Sydney, said “This is clearly a difficult business environment for active managers and ‘people’ issues are likely to be superseded by ‘business’ issues as the principal concern of management and chief among these will be consolidation, regulation and sustainability.”

 

 

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Canada establishes new SWF amidst global push for nation-building investment

Canada has established its first national-level sovereign wealth fund with a seed of C$25 billion to underwrite “nation-building” projects like ports, mines and energy infrastructure. In an unusual funding mechanism, the fund will issue a retail product that will allow individual investors to invest with the SWF and “participate in Canada’s growth”.

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