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.
Lessons from the middle: Leadership, resilience and the courage of conviction
The principles of high-performance leadership – whether in business or sport – remain remarkably consistent and include the ability to maintain clarity, integrity, and conviction under immense pressure. Former Australian test cricketer Usman Khawaja told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the only time you really lose is when you stop trying.
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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)
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.
Asset owners fear rising inflation and falling equity valuations
The 2022 annual CIO Sentiment Survey, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and CaseyQuirk, finds asset owners most concerned about equity valuations and inflation. After three years of fee rises, asset owners are paying less for investments while CIOs in 2022 are also working with a smaller manager roster.
Beyond traditional portfolio construction: incorporating uncertainty
Incorporating uncertainty into the asset allocation process is a complicated but essential ingredient of building portfolio resilience, something investors are valuing more than ever in an environment where inflation, geopolitical and climate risks dominate. GIC and BlackRock have both developed asset allocation frameworks that incorporate investors’ aversion for uncertainty.
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.
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