FIS Oxford 2024
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FIS Oxford 2024
Private market investors ponder transition investment
Investors putting capital to work in private market transition assets face unknowns around government policy, but the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford has heard that private credit also fits well with the long term nature of transition investments and brings valuable relationships with investee companies.
Sarah RundellDecember 2, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
Room for fee innovation as traditional models come under pressure
Asset owners and managers may not always agree on fees, but one thing both parties are thinking a lot more about these days is creating innovative structures which – if done right – could provide rewards for the former and value for the latter.
Darcy SongNovember 26, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
Blue bonds: The next wave of sustainable finance?
The blue bond market can provide an innovative means of supporting the critically underfunded blue economy and blue bonds offer a compelling opportunity in fixed income with untapped impact potential. Challenges include illiquidity in the market and where to place the investment in a portfolio.
Sarah RundellNovember 26, 2024
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Drivers of the future: Asia rises but demographics and debt impact west
Speaking at FIS Oxford Ian Goldin, professor of globalisation and development, senior fellow at the Oxford Martin School, professorial fellow at the Balliol College, University of Oxford sketched an emerging world characterised by a rising Asia and ascending west.
Sarah RundellNovember 22, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
Leveraging geographic diversification in a multipolar world
The past 20 years have seen large pools of capital become larger, more global and diversified across asset classes. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how Bridgewater Associates is allocating capital and resources to meet this shifting paradigm and why investors can’t try to bet on certain geographic regions overperforming.
Chris DastoorNovember 21, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
CFA Institute: Galvanizing the industry for change
In a wide-ranging discussion at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford, CFA Institute chief executive Margaret Franklin, and global head of content at WTW Roger Urwin, examined some of the challenges the investment industry faces and the need for evolution.
Sarah RundellNovember 21, 2024
Decisions to Enable Net Zero Investing
The complexity, limitation, evolution and liberation of climate benchmarks
Benchmarks are highlighted in the recent CFA Institute paper as among the historical norms that make investing in climate challenging. MSCI Institute’s Linda-Eling Lee talks about the complexities and evolution of climate benchmarks including the use of balanced scorecard-toolkits that are improving the technology.
Amanda WhiteOctober 30, 2024