Darcy Song, Author at Top1000funds.com

Investor Profile

Australia’s Aware Super on VC and the pension investing purpose

The A$175 billion Aware Super’s CIO Damian Graham said its venture capital investment in tech unicorn Canva has been good value for money but "pretty unusual" in the scheme of things. He reflects on the asset class and the broader pension investing purpose.

Darcy SongMay 24, 2024

Sustainability

PRI to be more ‘hands-on’ with signatories as it seeks identity refresh

The UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) is in the process of an organisational pivot as it looks to shift its primary function away from driving ESG accountability among investors (which it has been doing for the past two decades) to facilitating collaboration.

Darcy SongMay 16, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Why the future of humanity lies in Asia

Global strategy advisor and economist Parag Khanna said Asians’ movements around the world and their increasingly deep intra-region relationships will have massive geopolitical and workforce impacts on global markets.

Darcy SongMarch 28, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

China experts split on the nation’s financial policymaking capability

The strength of China’s national leadership remains a central topic for avid China watchers around the world. As the nation heads into a structural reshuffle of its economy, investors, researchers and political scientists have different views on Chinese policymakers’ ability to work with the financial market from this point on.

Darcy SongMarch 22, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Investors urged to approach green asset certification in Asia with caution

National University of Singapore’s leading sustainable finance researcher Sumit Agarwal has urged global investors to maintain a critical mindset when approaching an asset class’s green certification, saying that buying into sustainability claims blindly can undermine both the investment’s returns and their societal goals.

Darcy SongMarch 21, 2024

FIS Singapore 2024

Investors warm towards India despite ‘nosebleed valuations’

Investors have been warned not to compare apples to apples between China and India just because the two have similar market sizes and populations. And despite India’s sky-high valuations, Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard that the country’s solid market structure and culture will make it worth investors’ while.

Darcy SongMarch 14, 2024

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FIS Singapore 2024

Why the future of humanity lies in Asia

FIS Singapore 2024

China experts split on the nation’s financial policymaking capability

FIS Singapore 2024

Investors urged to approach green asset certification in Asia with caution

FIS Singapore 2024

Investors warm towards India despite ‘nosebleed valuations’

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