Special Episode: On the Record — What $1.3 Trillion Told Us

Mubadala, CPP Investments and CalSTRS answered our questions on the record. A special episode of The Universal Owner: what US$1.3 trillion of permanent capital said, word for word — and what it means.

Special Episode: On the Record — What $1.3 Trillion Told Us
 

This month, Universal Asset Owners put the same questions to three of the most consequential pools of capital on earth — Abu Dhabi's Mubadala, Canada's CPP Investments and CalSTRS, the California teachers' pension. More than US$1.3 trillion between them. All three answered, on the record. In this special episode: what they said, word for word, and what it means for everyone who allocates long-horizon capital.

Read the full statements

The Big Read: Mubadala, CPP Investments and CalSTRS on how long-horizon capital is playing 2026

CPP Investments: "Our ultimate test is not whether we outperform a market index in any given year"

Mubadala: scale of a sovereign, "agility of a global private equity platform"

CalSTRS: "a 30-year investment horizon... not short-term gains"

The extended briefing (21 minutes)

 

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