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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New Jersey’s $85 billion fund stockpiles cash, eyes PE secondaries

New Jersey’s $85 billion fund stockpiles cash, eyes PE secondaries

An underweight position across private markets, predicated on a view that geopolitics and inflation mean interest rates are not coming down any time soon, has positioned the New Jersey Division of Investment with plenty of dry powder and a cash position four times the policy allocation. It is now readying for opportunities in private equity secondaries and with emerging managers. Chief investment officer Shoaib Khan spoke to Top1000funds.com.

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Wisconsin leans into opportunities

In the space of three months the State of Wisconsin Investment Board has moved its portfolio from “defensive” to “offensive” as it “leans into the opportunities” presented by the coronavirus crisis. CIO and executive director David Villa, and deputy, Rochelle Klaskin spoke to Amanda White about the portfolio and how the large internal team is managing remotely.

Korean fund faces unique challenge

The KRW14.3 trillion ($12 billion) Korea Public Officials Benefit Association is sitting on more than 10 per cent cash, but in a unique challenge due to the coronavirus crisis, it is having trouble deploying capital. Amanda White spoke to CIO, Dong Hun Jang, about the options including listed alternatives and distressed opportunities.

Risk management in a time of crisis

Markets in disarray are where long-term investors make money. Investors that perform the best over the long term will have taken calculated and deliberate risks and put money to work during crises like this one. But how? Focusing Capital on the Long Term CEO and research director discuss.

Enormity of climate crisis misunderstood

There is a lack of understanding in investment decision-making about how big the climate crisis is which could lead to investments and risks being mis-directed, according to Professor Cameron Hepburn, Professor of Environmental Economics at Oxford University.

Rising to the challenge

Boards and investment committees must rise to the current challenge, with governance models needing a pivot to respond to the new social distancing norm. Roger Urwin outlines a virtual investment committee model.

Liquidity, rebalancing reign at PSERS

Cash is king right now, according to CIO of the Pennsylvania School Employees’ Retirement System, Jim Grossman, and he’s got plenty of it. The fund has a very diversified asset allocation, with about half the portfolio invested in liquid assets and Grossman and his team are working hard to make sure that the strategic allocations are maintained.

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