In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with David Bell, executive director of the Conexus Institute, about a range of topics including governance models, market timing, heatmaps and early access.
David Bell: Analysis from the Conexus Institute
FIS Singapore 2025
GIC: ‘Profound uncertainties’ challenge investor assumptions
Investors are operating in a period of “profound uncertainty” intrinsically different from anything they have lived through in the past few decades and for some, their entire investing lifetimes, according to GIC's top economist and investment strategist Prakash Kannan.
Darcy SongMarch 26, 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
FIS Singapore 2025
Beyond the chaos, Trump’s unwitting role in a new equilibrium
Despite the apparent chaos and US President Donald Trump’s many idiosyncrasies – and those of the people he’s surrounded by – it does not signal that the US is declining in either power or influence, and a ‘new equilibrium’ will emerge, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore heard.
Simon HoyleMarch 19, 2025
News
CDPQ balances equity gains with real estate woes
Equity and infrastructure drove gains at C$473 billion ($329 billion) Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, but “persistent headwinds” in real estate allocation given the fund’s above benchmark exposure to US offices in poorly performing cities New York and Chicago dragged down performance in 2024.
Sarah RundellMarch 18, 2025
Investor Profile
Inside NEST’s ‘serendipitous’ deal for IFM stake
NEST’s purchase of a 10 per cent stake in the Australian industry superannuation fund-owned IFM Investors marks the latest development in the trend of pension funds buying into the asset managers they’ve traditionally only allocated to.
Lachlan MaddockMarch 17, 2025
Investor Profile
USS calls time on emissions reporting
USS has steadily reduced the carbon footprint of its portfolio but real world carbon intensity and global emissions have climbed relentlessly higher. Now the investor says it is going to focus more of its effort on engagement with policymakers than reporting its emissions.
Sarah RundellMarch 13, 2025
Editorial
Trump’s destructiveness must be opposed
The mainstream media and global finance industry have largely been watching US President Donald Trump’s obliteration of the liberal, humanist world order with silent alarm – if not complicity. Those in power must stand up against evil before too many lives are lost.
Colin TateMarch 13, 2025
