Investor Profile
Why risk parity investors have lost faith
Denmark's Kasper Lorenzen, group CIO at PFA explains why he's lost his faith in risk parity.
Sarah RundellApril 7, 2022
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Asset Allocation
The five characteristics of a future portfolio: CAIA
The traditional 60/40 portfolio allocation is no longer enough. The opportunity for alpha is not gone, but the low-hanging fruit has long been harvested, and the path toward higher absolute returns has gotten far more nuanced according to a new report from the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
Sarah RundellApril 5, 2022
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Managers eye Brunel’s private markets push
Brunel Pension Partnership, the £31 billion asset manager for 10 local authority pension funds in the United Kingdom, is in the process of allocating to a new cohort of managers across private equity and debt, infrastructure, and unsecured income.
Sarah RundellApril 5, 2022
Asset Allocation
HOOPP and OPTrust: Funded status focus
Despite threats to pension funds’ funded status including the investment environment, plan maturity, longevity risk and low interest rates affecting the funding valuation, Canadian funds HOOPP and OPTrust celebrated healthy funded status in recent reports. Top1000funds.com looks at their approach.
Sarah RundellMarch 22, 2022
Investor Profile
War in Ukraine threatens net zero targets
The UK's BT Pension Scheme's CIO Wyn Francis reflects on the pressure war in Ukraine will put on investors net zero targets.
Sarah RundellMarch 22, 2022
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SWIB’s priorities in a tougher investment landscape
Edwin Denson, executive director and CIO at State of Wisconsin Investment Board talks to Top1000funds about changes in investment strategy, noting that active management, and the need to take on more risk for the same return are guiding principles.
Sarah RundellMarch 14, 2022