A strengthening El Niño is exposing vulnerabilities across food, water, energy and infrastructure systems. ELTIFs and evergreen private-market funds cannot alter the weather, but their long-duration capital could help finance the resilience infrastructure needed to absorb increasingly disruptive climate events, while giving investors access to assets whose economics may become more important as physical risks…
Canada’s pension funds helped pioneer institutional investment in private assets. Now regulators and asset managers are exploring whether the model can be opened to ordinary investors, raising questions about liquidity, valuation, fees and whether the advantages enjoyed by sophisticated investors can really be replicated at retail level. For decades, Canada’s largest pension funds have been…
When FIFA recently unveiled plans to create a new commercial subsidiary and sell a minority stake to long-term investors, it appeared poised to become one of the most significant transactions in the history of global sport. The fact that it failed is not a rejection of institutional investment in sport but a reminder that sporting…
For much of the past decade, tokenisation has been viewed by many in traditional financial services as an interesting technology searching for a commercial purpose. Blockchain was often associated more with cryptocurrencies than with institutional investing, while asset managers, fund administrators and custodians largely watched developments from the sidelines. Today, that perception has changed dramatically….
From actively managed ETFs to private credit and blockchain-powered market infrastructure, three recent industry developments reveal a fundamental shift underway across global investment markets. In 2026, the future of investing is being shaped not by one disruptive technology or asset class, but by the convergence of products, platforms and financial infrastructure, The investment industry has…