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Fiduciary Investors Symposium
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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Carol Geremia on the need for transformational change
Carol Geremia, president, MFS Investment Management, urged FIS Maastricht delegates to help create a new investment model.
Robeco: Leadership, data, sustainability and talent key to year ahead
Karin van Baardwijk, chief executive, Robeco, opens the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Maastricht University outlining the asset manager's priorities. Talent management, data analysis, leadership and sustainability will all play a role in navigating the year ahead.
Bridgewater warns markets still haven’t factored in slower growth
Markets have not begun discounting a decline in corporate earnings as Central Banks, serious about taming inflation, continue to destroy demand. Investors should expect another contraction. Meanwhile recent market moves in the UK suggest the growing risk of policy missteps, particularly if rate rises become politicised.
APG talks crypto: Those who got rich in the gold rush didn’t do the digging
APG’s chief economist Thijs Knaap and senior strategist Charles Kalshoven lay out the case for not investing in crypto. They find that only an expected return of 25% pa would make it worthwhile and even then there’s no cashflows. They argue pension funds can afford to ignore this asset.
Beyond traditional asset allocation
Today’s challenging climate has led diversified investors like GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, to explore different approaches to portfolio construction to build resilience. Grace Qiu and Ding Li, both senior vice presidents in total portfolio policy and allocation at GIC discuss their new research.
Recession “very difficult to avoid” under tightening monetary policy
Randall Kroszner, Federal Reserve governor from 2006 to 2009, praises the Fed for acting decisively to bring inflation under control, but predicts a lot of pain ahead for global markets.
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