A key ingredient for success in any organisation is strong leadership. It is common in the corporate world for the chief executive to change every five to 10 years as the organisation evolves. Are the same principles true for large institutional investors? Roger Urwin, global head of investment content at Towers Watson, who
Which developed world pension fund will become the first to have a Chinese national sit on its board? The debate on board diversity has focused on gender, race and age, but in future it could extend to having representatives of the countries your fund would most like to invest in. As funds travel along the
It is a measure of the experience of the Australian fund, Local Government Super, on ESG that it will instruct its managers on which companies to omit from portfolios. The New South Wales fund started its policy of applying environmental, social and governance filters to its investments by omitting tobacco companies in 2000. Today, it
The outlook for economic growth this year is markedly positive, compared to last year, but capital market integrity is not improving, according to the opinions of more than 6,000 CFA Institute members. The CFA Institute global markets sentiment survey, measures the views of its members on market integrity and economic issues. This year’s survey, which
Too many companies are unprepared for the growing threat of a cyber attack. Investors have a role to play in ensuring this risk is firmly on the agenda.
In this edition of the Gemologist, we’ll look at the likely trajectory of the world’s second biggest economy in the light of this, argue why low growth could be better for investors – and show where we are finding value.
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