The United Nations
Reducing inequality is one of the UN’s flagship goals, but the gulf between rich and poor worldwide, remains persistently high. In the first of a special two-part series on the financial sector this weekend, Hiro Mizuno, the newly-appointed UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments, explains how the industry can help to create a fairer, more equitable world.
Before his appointment as Special Envoy, on 30 December 2020, Mr. Mizuno, of Japan, served as Chief Investment Officer of the Japan Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). He serves on the board of the Principles for Responsible Investment Association (PRI, an UN-backed body that aims to create sustainable markets that contribute to a more prosperous world for all), and has taken part in UN discussions on promoting the Sustainable Development Goals.
Tesla board member Mizuno blasts calls for short-squeeze curbs
Tesla Inc. board member Hiromichi Mizuno took advantage of the short-squeeze controversy Friday to resume his war of words on short-sellers
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29 enero, 2021
Tesla Inc. board member Hiromichi Mizuno took advantage of the short-squeeze controversy Friday to resume his war of words on short-sellers, restarting a debate he kindled during his term as the chief investment officer of the world’s largest pension fund.
“Funny to observe those who blindly believe in the benefit of market liquidity and argue against any restriction on short-selling are now lobbying for restriction on retail buying to squeeze them,” Mizuno wrote on Twitter in comments that put him on the side of politicians including the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ted Cruz who have criticized restrictions on high-flying stocks such as GameStop Corp.
Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has hired US firm Hamilton Lane Advisors for its second global private equity mandate since the pension giant began outsourcing alternative strategies through its asset manager registration system nearly four years ago.
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation is the gatekeeper for the new mandate, the world’s largest pension fund says in a statement on January 27. It didn’t specify the value of the tender.
Philadelphia-based Hamilton Lane managed US$68 billion of assets as of June 2020.
GPIF hired another US firm, Neuberger Berman Alternative Advisers, for the first global private equity mandate under the registration system in April 2020, also for an undisclosed amount. Neuberger Berman East Asia is the gatekeeper for that mandate.
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