FIS Oxford 2024
FIS Oxford 2025
Why allocators need a ‘continuous exploration’ mindset for AI adoption
Asset owners are seeing a major shift in data management and analytics as AI enables more efficient investment processes. CPP Investments and OPTrust outline how the technology is being progressively integrated into their funds.
Darcy SongNovember 21, 2025
FIS Oxford 2025
Investors face ‘economic paradigm vacuum’ post-neoliberalism
The global economy is running in a “paradigm vacuum” as the classical theories of marginal change, equilibrium and rational markets are breaking down. Amid the void, University of Oxford professor Eric Beinhocker said investors must seek new economic tools that reflect how the world actually works.
Darcy SongNovember 18, 2025
FIS Oxford 2025
Opportunities and pitfalls for LPs using AI in private markets
Asset owners have a wide selection of artificial intelligence tools that product providers tout as enhancements to their unlisted investment process, but leading private markets academic Ludovic Phalippou said the reality is not that simple. Not only can AI make mistakes, it can also be tricked.
Darcy SongNovember 18, 2025
FIS Oxford 2025
How investors are balancing the risks of investing in defence
As European countries increase defence spending, allocators are weighing up the risk and opportunity of allocating more to the sector. For some, investing in defence sits relatively comfortably with stakeholders but for others, investing "in things that kill people" remains a highly controversial conversation.
Sarah RundellNovember 17, 2025
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Arguments for optimism: Why investors are looking on the bright side
When global asset owners gathered at London’s historic Rosewood Hotel to gauge market sentiment and explore investment strategies and ideas, the tone was remarkably upbeat in a conversation that spanned currency strategies, the muted impact of geopolitics on asset prices, and the importance of managing human bias.
Sarah RundellNovember 17, 2025
FIS Oxford 2025
Timothy Garton Ash: Reflections on the future of Europe
Celebrated academic Timothy Garton Ash reflects on the vital changes that Europe needs to achieve to thrive in its next evolution: success in Ukraine, its own defence industry, implementation of Draghi's recommendations, and a resolution to the cultural and social tensions gripping the continent – to name a few.
Sarah RundellNovember 14, 2025
FIS Oxford 2025
IMCO, USS and NBIM mull the risks of non-US dominant portfolios
The US has driven portfolio returns for decades, but investors are increasingly concerned that US-dominant portfolios are jeopardising precious diversification. USS, NBIM and IMCO share strategies to foster diversification including different currency exposures and investing in emerging markets.
Sarah RundellNovember 13, 2025