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The total portfolio approach has allowed Australia’s sovereign wealth fund to capture the themes that will power markets and economies for decades to come, said director of thought leadership Craig Thorburn – but that doesn’t mean it’s not hard to scale.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
The investment path to net zero may not always be clear. With no dedicated asset class and shifting risk profiles for energy transition-critical assets, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that asset owners need to be flexible and ready to creatively make room in their portfolios when the right opportunities arise.