Investment professionals from pension funds, endowments and family offices in the UK and Europe were brought together for an investment think-tank with leading academics from London Business School and Cambridge University to discuss the latest investment thinking and application to institutional investors’ portfolios.
The academics presented to the investors who then discussed the outtakes and the implications of the lectures with their peers via roundtable discussion.
The highly interactive format, expertly facilitated by Conexus Financial and conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com with sponsorship support from Winton, allowed for the fusion of academic thinking and investment best practice, giving investors an edge in their decision making.
The presentations were:
• Investing in financial assets for the long term, presented by Elroy Dimson
• Hedge fund factors and extracting absolute returns, presented by Narayan Naik
• Incorporating lessons of financial history into investment practice, presented by David Chambers
Asset Classes
London investment think-tank
Equities
Malaysia’s Khazanah ramps up developed market bets
Malaysia's $34 billion Khazanah Nasional has been increasing its public and private equity exposure to developed markets for the past eight years. CIO Hisham Hamdan chats about the journey and the pivot away from the fund's traditionally emerging markets focus.
Darcy SongApril 22, 2025
FIS Singapore 2025
Investors overlook APAC private credit despite attractive returns
Institutional investment in private credit across the Asia-Pacific is failing to keep pace with the region's strong economic growth and more attractive interest rate environment, according to a panel of investors at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium.
Brendan SwiftMarch 24, 2025
FIS Singapore 2025
The five factors aligning to support EM debt outperformance
Pictet Asset Management believes that declining emerging market policy rates and rising global trade will drive the performance of EM debt – and if the US dollar declines and local manufacturing rebounds, we could see a “super boom”.
Lachlan MaddockMarch 19, 2025
Investor Profile
Switzerland’s MPK taps gains in gold, equity and real estate
Stephan Bereuter, CIO of Switzerland's Migros-Pensionskasse (MPK) explains why he favours gold, and argues that after three years in the doldrums core real estate opportunities are starting to open up.
Sarah RundellMarch 6, 2025
Featured Story
In muted IPO market, OTPP’s venture growth team talks exit alternatives
In a bid to support portfolio companies in Teachers’ Venture Growth allocation, the pension fund convened a discussion on how founders and CEOs can optimise their exit.
Sarah RundellFebruary 20, 2025
Featured Story
AP funds reform: Expanded opportunity in private equity
Much anticipated reform of Sweden's five buffer funds will liquidate AP1, dividing assets between AP3 and AP4. Private equity specialist AP6 will also merge with AP2, expanding the opportunity for the private equity investor and securing the future of the specialist team.
Sarah RundellFebruary 13, 2025
Featured Story
Cash and overweight to US equities pays at New Jersey
The New Jersey Division of Investment generated double digit returns in fiscal year 2024 while maintaining good liquidity and dry powder on hand with an overweight to cash and cash equivalents. The cash position is likely to decline through 2025 given the robust pipeline in new private market opportunities.
Sarah RundellFebruary 6, 2025
