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Impact investing’s case for scale

Impact investing’s case for scale

Impact investing has come a long way in the past two decades, going from a niche strategy to a $1.5 trillion industry, but there are still challenges for it to reach institutional scale due to the lack of products and insufficient evidence of outperformance in some parts of the market.

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Factor rebalancing superior for managing liquidity

Factor rebalancing a portfolio is a better way to manage liquidity and leverage implications of illiquid assets compared to traditional rebalancing to a static asset allocation, according to new research.

Applying a factor approach to total portfolio management

A new report points to the Total Portfolio Approach (TPA) as one way for institutional investors to build more resiliency into their portfolios. Report contributors Derek Walker and Geoffrey Rubin from CPP Investments explain how they apply a factor lens to the process.

Why the future of humanity lies in Asia 

Global strategy advisor and economist Parag Khanna said Asians’ movements around the world and their increasingly deep intra-region relationships will have massive geopolitical and workforce impacts on global markets. 

AI could contribute to productivity boost: Bridgewater

Asset managers are spending vast sums of money to develop artificial intelligence systems to help them make better investment decisions. At a Top1000funds.com event in Singapore, Bridgewater co-CIO Greg Jensen discussed applying AI in financial markets as well as Bridgewater’s artificial intelligence efforts.

Asia’s climate transition requires unique regional presence 

Asia is going through its own sustainability journey, and it’s different from the transition pathways in Europe and North America. Robeco head of fixed income, Asia, Thu Ha Chow told the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore that this means investing in the region requires a unique, regional perspective.

How to build portfolios if the recent ‘new normal’ isn’t normal at all

The key to constructing investment portfolios with resilience to rapid and unexpected changes is to remain humble, interrogate the data, and not be fooled into thinking the future can be predicted perfectly, according to head of multi-asset strategy APAC for Wellington, Nick Samouilhan.

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