FIS Toronto 2024
The subtle complexity of best-practice pension management
Identifying best practice in pension management is not a straightforward task. As much as asset allocators may want there to be a definitive answer, differences in size, mandate and resources between different pension funds means an investment approach that works for one may not work for others.
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Canada’s Maple 8 ‘couldn’t be more different’, says OMERS
Much can be said about Canada’s so-called Maple 8 funds and their pension models, which have provided stellar learning materials for the rest of the world, but OMERS chief executive Blake Hutcheson questioned whether bundling them all together is appropriate.
Pioneers of the Canadian model say its principles are under siege
A founding principle of the Canadian pension system is under attack. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Toronto heard from four individuals who have been instrumental in making the system what it is today, and that the sound principles that made the system great need to be defended.
Why MFS no longer pays on short-term results
If managers want to reinforce their long-term investor bona fides they should adopt appropriate time horizons for investments they make, disclose more about asset holding duration, and reconsider paying themselves based on short-term results. Only then will the interests of asset owners and the managers they employ be truly aligned.
‘Golden age of private credit’ comes with idiosyncratic risks: Pictet
Pictet private debt head Andreas Klein says “mainstream” private credit investments have run their course as buyout activity decreases and global regulators up their oversight. Instead, investors should consider “micro-niches”, but he warns these emerging corners of the market come with hidden and unique risks.
Stock-bond correlation ‘shock’ prompts portfolio rethink
For the past two years the correlation between bonds and equities has been positive, counter to the long-term assumed relationship between the asset classes. The challenges for asset owners include determining whether the change is transient or long-term, and what it means for portfolio construction either way.
Shared investment objective critical to portfolio resilience: Bridgewater
Investors who are looking to build portfolio resilience better get their team on the same page first about the underlying investment objectives in play, said Bridgewater co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium.
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