As the private credit industry matures, the first real stress tests are emerging – from AI-exposed software loans to eroding covenants in megadeals. Institutional investors are responding by rethinking where the illiquidity premium justifies the risk.
Foundational research by CFA Institute aims to prompt the best minds in the asset management and asset owner communities to consider how to better consider climate risk. Institute chief executive Marg Franklin says governance, organisational design and systems thinking will be core elements of how the industry evolves its thinking and
[vc_column] Overview Quantifying the impact of climate change on physical assets and business models presents a challenge for all investment professionals. Scenario analysis and carbon pricing are central to understanding plausible future outcomes. [vc_column_text css=””]Images of island nations disappearing under the waves might come to mind, while worsening heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and floods are already
Demographics is destiny, or so the saying goes. As populations grow, and as they move about, there will be investment opportunities that arise from their needs, their activity and their consumption. The trick for investors, however, is working out how long-term trends figure in generating shorter-term investment performance.
An investment theme that incorporates all traditional businesses trying to exploit technology, including AI, is simply too broad. Focusing on AI alone leaves investors exposed to the uncertainty of future developments. In between is an approach that recognises AI as an accelerant to existing trends.
The energy transition is happening; the only question is the pace at which it takes place. In assessing the investment opportunities, it helps to break the transition down into easily digestible segments. Top1000funds.com explores the opportunity set for investors, including the need to think about cross-disciplinary risks and to specialise.
Asset owners are preparing their portfolios for the climate transition, reducing holdings in companies with high emissions and pledging billions to climate investments. But climate proofing portfolios is proving one of the most arduous and complex challenges investors have ever faced. Top1000funds.com takes a close look at the progress.
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