Events
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FIS Stanford 2025
Managing fat tails and risks in the face of contradictory signals
Global investors face the difficult task of setting asset allocation in an environment where the global macro-economic backdrop suggests chaos and downside risk but markets continue to perform strongly.
Simon HoyleSeptember 17, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline
Policy uncertainty over issues such as US tariffs put investors in uncharted territory, but the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that one guiding principle at such moments is not to make big, risky bets.
Darcy SongJune 3, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
Post-Liberation Day regime will attack portfolio weaknesses: Bridgewater
Bridgewater's co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour warned that many investors have built up significant vulnerabilities in their portfolios over the past 15 years, in a period defined by steady growth and US exceptionalism. But the post-Liberation Day regime will be much less favourable for traditional portfolios.
Darcy SongJune 2, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
Mental health issues in focus at Denmark’s Velliv
Denmark’s Velliv Association, the governance entity behind member-owned commercial pension fund Velliv, explained why a society where workers' mental health needs are looked after is better for pension funds and their liabilities.
Darcy SongJune 2, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
Alpha alone does not pay pensions – total returns do
Pension fund members in retirement want the sustainability of pension payments. OPTrust chief investment officer James Davis told the Top1000Funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium that a total portfolio approach is the best way to do that, and has been on a journey towards delivering it for the past 10 years.
Simon HoyleMay 28, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap
The short-term investment focus of venture capital investors and the withdrawal of government funding are opening the door to asset owners as providers of patient, long-term capital to fill an investment void, the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.
Darcy SongMay 28, 2025
FIS Harvard 2025
TPA is in the eye of the beholder
Total portfolio approach is not a method, it’s a mindset, according to University of Toronto finance Professor Redouane Elkamhi. Also a senior advisor to HOOPP, Elkamhi said he would summarise TPA in one sentence: "How to be prepared for different market conditions."
Darcy SongMay 28, 2025
