APAC’s mega trends: The investors positioning for the future

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APAC strategies: Why active management pays

In a region as diverse as Asia investors can lean in and take advantage of inefficiencies and inconsistencies around growth, central bank policy and diverse regulatory regimes; and asset owners in the region are increasingly finding active management, across all asset classes, optimises returns and reduces risk. Top1000funds.com investigates.

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Opportunities in APAC: Diverse and dynamic

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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TPA to usher in clearer accountability at CalPERS

TPA to usher in clearer accountability at CalPERS

CalPERS chief investment officer Stephen Gilmore said the $650 billion fund’s upcoming shift to a total portfolio approach will sharpen investment accountability and help it focus capital allocation decisions on fund-level objectives.

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Fundamentally resetting reporting

WTW’s Thinking Ahead Institute has developed an alternative attribution tool giving investors a view on the long-term drivers of performance. Tim Hodgson explains the benefits of the open source tool including improved conversations between managers and asset owners about return drivers and providing clarity on how ESG objectives are managed.

Fama, the father of modern finance, talks stock picking, ESG and democracy

Stock picking is not a solution to today’s challenging investment environment, warned Eugene F. Fama, The Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor of Finance and 2013 Nobel laureate in economic sciences. Active management run counter to diversification, key in the current climate, he says.

$1 trillion funds need new incentives and investment styles: CPP

Funds of enormous scale will require a new cross-disciplinary approach, and innovative incentive and rewards schemes to foster the organisational culture needed, according to chief investment strategist at CPP Investments' Geoff Rubin, as it looks to move beyond a total portfolio approach to a "one fund" approach.

Investors prioritise governance, tilts and liquidity

In a wide-ranging session at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Chicago Booth School of Business investment executives from HOOPP, CalSTRS, USS and Cbus reflect on the need for strong governance in the current climate, diversification and liquidity.

Superior return, risk metrics driving rising allocation to private markets

Some of North America’s largest funds – including British Columbia Investment Management Company, CalPERS and Maryland State - are ramping up their allocations to private markets, building in-house talent to take advantage of private equity and co-investment deals.

CalPERS gearing up for global push into private markets

Building the expertise for direct investment in global real estate and infrastructure is a priority for the new CIO of the United States’ largest pension fund. Nicole Musicco spoke to Amanda White in an exclusive interview at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium.

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