Long Weekend Reading November 2013

It’s Thanksgiving weekend here in the US of A, which means Avenue of Giants will be closed until Monday. Until then, here’s some reading material. First, the news:

- New SWFs I:Once again, Scotland is talking about howawesomeit would be if they had their own SWF – the "Scottish Energy Fund".

- New SWFs II:The World Bank isencouragingZimbabwe to develop a robust accountability framework for its newly-approved SWF. I’ll ditto that.

- Musical Chairs:As part of a reorganization, CPPIB's CFO and COO havedecidedto switch jobs, which... let’s be honest... is a bit odd.

- Bad Debts:Norway's NBIM and Singapore's Temasek areinvestedin China's Cinda Asset Management Corp, the "bad debt manager".

- Hot Models:The Alaska Permanent Fund isbecominga real estate role model for other SWFs.

- The Law:ADIA willfinallyget to sue Citigroup. Congrats?

- SDFs:Malaysia's Khazanahcontinues推出新地方发展项目通过h its wholly owned MTDC. Interesting.

- Equality:OTPP and BCIMCcontinue to workto advance gender equality on corporate Boards. I endorse.

- Benchmarking:Preventinginvestors from doing what's smart and right. Sigh.

- AoG:Sign up for the emailhere. You'll be glad you did: 50% of the time, it works every time...

Second, here’s some research:

- SWF Update:EsadeGEO has released its2013 Sovereign Wealth Funds Annual Report, and it’s full of interesting information and info-graphics about SWFs. For example, did you know that there are currently 21 countries considering launching a new SWF? There are.

- Infrastructure:Deloitte has released a rather interestingreportdetailing the findings of a survey of infrastructure investors. This report, again, is full of interesting info. Read it.

Have a great long weekend!