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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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A geostrategic standoff between the US and China over AI would be “extremely damaging for capital owners” according to the Future Fund, Australia’s A$337 billion ($237 billion) sovereign wealth fund, which outlined four “secular scenarios” around AI and its investment implications.
The past 20 years have seen large pools of capital become larger, more global and diversified across asset classes. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how Bridgewater Associates is allocating capital and resources to meet this shifting paradigm and why investors can’t try to bet on certain geographic regions overperforming.
In a wide-ranging discussion at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford, CFA Institute chief executive Margaret Franklin, and global head of content at WTW Roger Urwin, examined some of the challenges the investment industry faces and the need for evolution.
The UK government has announced plans to speed up LGPS pooling, forcing local authority pension funds to pool their assets and delegate investment strategy to larger asset pools. The government also wants DC schemes to merge. Top1000funds.com spoke to industry executives about the proposals.
BCI's global head of ESG, Jennifer Coulson, explains why there is no magic bullet for engagement, making it critical for investors to take a multi-faceted approach and reinforce the same outcomes with both corporates and policymakers.
In a dramatic purge the government in Alberta, Canada’ has removed the entire board of the $160 billion AIMCo and sacked its CEO. Is this a sign of politicisation of a pension sector renowned for its stable governance?
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, Government Pension Fund Global, has topped the list of the most transparent funds according to the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark’s 2024 findings, scoring a perfect 100 out of 100.
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