Investor Profile

Federal Thrift integrates new ex-China index; inspires others

The $946.9 billion Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB) has integrated a new index that excludes China and Hong Kong in its I Fund. The strategy has now inspired leaders of US state pensions to exclude China too.
Sarah RundellFebruary 11, 2025
Technology

Investors spot key AI applications in portfolio management

Darcy SongDecember 19, 2024
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Risk management in an age of geopolitical uncertainty: Davos 2024 insights

Sarah Keohane WilliamsonJanuary 29, 2024
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Managing not just measuring risk is key to long-term returns

Simon HoyleOctober 5, 2023
Investor Profile

How Swiss PUBLICA integrates climate risk

Sarah RundellOctober 3, 2023
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Investment Think Tanks

Building portfolio resilience in the face of uncertainty

As the multitude of macro-economic risks influence market conditions in unpredictable and unprecedented ways, CIOs are facing the most challenging and interesting times in their careers. A group of investors came together in London to shareideas on how to best assess risk and position their funds for the challenges and opportunities in this increasingly demanding market.
Amanda WhiteAugust 10, 2023
Sustainability

Energy is the fundamental systemic risk

Tim Hodgson, co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, makes the case that energy is the metaphorical lifeblood of any system, and is therefore the fundamental systemic risk, and that this insight should inform how we go about our net-zero investing.
Amanda WhiteJuly 13, 2023
Risk

Turmoil at Alecta as CEO fired and equity revamp promised

Alecta, Sweden’s biggest pension fund with $110 billion of assets under management, has fired its chief executive Magnus Billing following nearly $2 billion of losses incurred from last month’s US banking crisis. The pension fund is also beginning an enquiry into how it manages equity.
Sarah RundellApril 12, 2023
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