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Key takeaways
Ben
Going forward, private equity will represent the best opportunity to exceed our target return. We are exploring unique ways to increase our exposure.
We cannot hide from risks if we want to hit the target return.
We have invested time in building a balance sheet liquidity management framework
Not all uses of liquidity are equal, nor are the sources (in terms of costs or reliability for example).
Our pre-emptive planning work around 10 pathways to liquidity on demand helped up keep calm and carry on.
We see the greatest opportunity in private markets.
Ronald
In the first 8 weeks of the crisis we focused on modelling 3 scenarios – ‘the good, the bad and the ugly’.
High inflation rate would be a surprise but a possible scenario (for example price rises in petrol or medicines due to high consumption).
The Florida State Board of Administration has made some strategic moves to take advantage of opportunities in the dislocation, including in private equity, distressed debt and active listed equities.. But CIO, Ash Williams, is concerned about the underlying real economy.
The Responsible Asset Allocator Initiative finds that 25 leading public pension and sovereign wealth funds, with assets of $6 trillion, are investing tens of billions of dollars in COVID-19 solutions and in funds to support stricken companies. Here they look at what the leading asset allocators around the world are doing to respond to the pandemic.
Global economic activities will not be back to pre-COVID levels until 2022 according to CPP Investments’ outlook, with the giant Canadian investor expecting the situation to get worse before it gets better.
The coronavirus pandemic sparked a surge of volatility across global financial markets. In this paper, MSCI looks at five key lessons for investors from the crisis, including that managing factors was more critical than picking stocks.
New research looking at the impact of COVID-19 under different scenarios – from opening of economies to no vaccine – suggests the economic consequences of COVID-19 under all scenarios is substantial and the ongoing economic adjustment is far from over.
Meticulous planning for the next market crash, and an eye on liquidity, meant IMCO was well positioned to invest, particularly in credit, when the opportunity arose. The fund continues to use its agility to its advantage and is now looking for opportunities in private markets.
It is critical to analyse how much COVID-19 could impact the US economy and stock markets but most of the traditional factors or economic indicators will lag the market movement. Therefore, alternative datasets other than the financial data show their explanation power to provide insights into the pandemic. This article, by academics at Tsinghua University, University of Illinois and Carnegie Mellon University, looks at the pattern of the market fluctuation from the perspective of alternative data.
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