COVID-19
Marks: is it time to be aggressive?
When assets prices are well below their intrinsic value it is a trigger for founder of Oaktree Capital, Howard Marks, to become “incredibly aggressive”.
Amanda WhiteJune 2, 2020
The latest
FIS Digital – June 2020
Navigating a pandemic-driven crisis
A new report by Mercer, COVID-19 – Investment Governance and Strategy to Navigate a Pandemic-Driven Market Crisis, examines how large asset owners are finding ways to pursue attractive risk-adjusted investment returns while also taking investment actions to help mitigate and address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic through investment governance.
Amanda WhiteJune 2, 2020
FIS Digital – June 2020
MMT: unemployment a policy choice
Unemployment is a policy choice, according to Professor Bill Mitchell, the father of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT). He says there is no reason that unemployment should be at the current levels.
Amanda WhiteJune 1, 2020
Sustainability
Finance industry behind no tobacco
The World Health Organisation's director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the Tobacco-Free Finance Pledge the missing piece in the fight against tobacco. Credit Agricole and Amundi Asset Management have become the latest signatories to the pledge, in what is a timely decision ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Sunday.
Amanda WhiteMay 28, 2020
FIS Digital – June 2020
What to ask companies this AGM season
APG and CalSTRS are leading a collaboration with PRI that provides investors with ESG-related questions to ask investee companies about their responses to COVID-19.
Amanda WhiteMay 28, 2020
COVID-19
New AA model prioritises liquidity
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and PGIM, one of the world’s largest asset managers, have collaborated to develop a world-first asset allocation framework that explicitly models the impact of private assets on total portfolio liquidity, incorporating both the top-down allocation view and the bottom-up cash flow view.
Amanda WhiteMay 20, 2020