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The list of reasons to invest in APAC is compelling and institutional investors in the region are increasingly tapping the opportunities. Top1000funds.com looks at the different levels of income, volatility, efficiency and ultimately returns across the region.
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Senior executives from some of the world's largest private market managers gathered in Berlin this month with a collective understanding: managers who move slowly on AI face not just weaker returns but the risk of owning businesses that have been competitively displaced before they can exit.
The COVID-19 crisis was a defining leadership and transformation moment, where leaders have needed to reset their future of work agendas and lead the way to better and more human-centric workplaces. Marisa Hall from the Thinking Ahead Institute says leaders will need to think deeply about the wider themes.
The historical undervaluing of water as a resource, combined with climate change, is impacting communities around the world and posing a systemic risk to investor portfolios, argues Ceres' Brooke Barton, a key figure behind the Valuing Water Finance Initiative.
The growth and availability of data is allowing investors to see progress on their de-carbonization efforts and contributing to increased investor confidence around decarbonisation, said John Quealy, chief investment officer, Trillium, the asset manager with nearly 40 years at the forefront of ESG thought leadership and responsible investing.
Three leading investors from around the world - USS from the UK, IMCO from Canada and APG from The Netherlands – discuss the importance of modelling and their strategies for investing in an inflationary environment, including allocating to inflation linked emerging debt and infrastructure.
Carol Geremia, president, MFS Investment Management, urged FIS Maastricht delegates to help create a new investment model.
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.
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