Sarah Rundell, Author at Top1000funds.com

FIS Toronto 2024

Asset owners mull correlation and pricing risk

Investors at NEST, PGB and SWIB note the challenges of investing in a high inflationary market, particularly given inflation’s impact on the correlation between bonds and equities and discuss strategies for dealing with different environments including stagflation.

Sarah RundellNovember 10, 2022

FIS Toronto 2024

ESG integration wields best results with good data and effective engagement

Large investors across Europe share the elements of their success when it comes to ESG integration and engagement, including in sovereign bonds.

Sarah RundellNovember 8, 2022

FIS Toronto 2024

Recession looms as Europe struggles to anchor inflation

Europe's ability to contain inflation hangs on key variables including the energy crisis, central banks' ability to anchor expectations and the ability to stop it spinning into demand for higher wages, argues Clemens Kool, Professor of Macroeconomics and International Monetary Economics, Maastricht University.

Sarah RundellNovember 8, 2022

FIS Toronto 2024

Data is changing investors ability to integrate ESG

The growth and availability of data is allowing investors to see progress on their de-carbonization efforts and contributing to increased investor confidence around decarbonisation, said John Quealy, chief investment officer, Trillium, the asset manager with nearly 40 years at the forefront of ESG thought leadership and responsible investing.

Sarah RundellNovember 1, 2022

FIS Toronto 2024

Investors talk inflation strategies

Three leading investors from around the world - USS from the UK, IMCO from Canada and APG from The Netherlands – discuss the importance of modelling and their strategies for investing in an inflationary environment, including allocating to inflation linked emerging debt and infrastructure.

Sarah RundellNovember 1, 2022