Darcy Song, Author at Top1000funds.com

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GIC seeks discipline, diversification in ‘profound uncertainty’ ahead

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC is bracing for a period of “profound uncertainty” as the fund looks to rely on more “granular” diversification and maintaining price discipline to traverse the environment.

Darcy SongAugust 5, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

The subtle complexity of best-practice pension management

Identifying best practice in pension management is not a straightforward task. As much as asset allocators may want there to be a definitive answer, differences in size, mandate and resources between different pension funds means an investment approach that works for one may not work for others.

Darcy SongJune 20, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

Why simplicity matters in total portfolio approach

The key to implementing a successful total portfolio approach is not about creating complexities, but rather maintaining simplicity within the shared lexicon of an investment team, said two of the approach's most well-known adopters.

Darcy SongJune 17, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

Same same, but different: Governance lessons from three markets

Despite global pension markets’ varying levels of maturity, the goal of combining portfolio resilience with meeting fund objectives is the same, and it can be achieved through different manifestations of governance structures.

Darcy SongJune 14, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

Managing the multiple drivers of long-term investing

For asset owners to stay the course of a long-term investing view, not only do their investment teams need to be behind the objective, but also their board and external managers. Or investors might find themselves fighting an uphill battle in a market where short-termism is prevalent.

Darcy SongJune 13, 2024

FIS Toronto 2024

Canada’s Maple 8 ‘couldn’t be more different’, says OMERS

Much can be said about Canada’s so-called Maple 8 funds and their pension models, which have provided stellar learning materials for the rest of the world, but OMERS chief executive Blake Hutcheson questioned whether bundling them all together is appropriate.

Darcy SongJune 7, 2024

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GIC seeks discipline, diversification in ‘profound uncertainty’ ahead

FIS Toronto 2024

The subtle complexity of best-practice pension management

FIS Toronto 2024

Why simplicity matters in total portfolio approach

FIS Toronto 2024

Same same, but different: Governance lessons from three markets

FIS Toronto 2024

Managing the multiple drivers of long-term investing

FIS Toronto 2024

Canada’s Maple 8 ‘couldn’t be more different’, says OMERS

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