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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The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing

The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing

Portfolios built for the old world will be severely tested as emerging forces rewrite the rules of investing. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval, together with the disruption wrought by AI, should force asset owners to rethink the structure and composition of portfolios.

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Investors wrestle with Europe’s demographic time bomb

Sharply declining populations in Europe, as well as countries like South Korea and Japan, have dramatic implications for economic growth and investment opportunities. Investors at FIS Oxford were warned that as depopulation occurs in certain areas, highly skilled workers will leave, creating a loss of services and fuelling political instability.

Investors face ‘economic paradigm vacuum’ post-neoliberalism 

The global economy is running in a “paradigm vacuum” as the classical theories of marginal change, equilibrium and rational markets are breaking down. Amid the void, University of Oxford professor Eric Beinhocker said investors must seek new economic tools that reflect how the world actually works.  

Opportunities and pitfalls for LPs using AI in private markets

Asset owners have a wide selection of artificial intelligence tools that product providers tout as enhancements to their unlisted investment process, but leading private markets academic Ludovic Phalippou said the reality is not that simple. Not only can AI make mistakes, it can also be tricked.

How investors are balancing the risks of investing in defence

As European countries increase defence spending, allocators are weighing up the risk and opportunity of allocating more to the sector. For some, investing in defence sits relatively comfortably with stakeholders but for others, investing "in things that kill people" remains a highly controversial conversation. 

Timothy Garton Ash: Reflections on the future of Europe

Celebrated academic Timothy Garton Ash reflects on the vital changes that Europe needs to achieve to thrive in its next evolution: success in Ukraine, its own defence industry, implementation of Draghi's recommendations, and a resolution to the cultural and social tensions gripping the continent – to name a few.

IMCO, USS and NBIM mull the risks of non-US dominant portfolios

The US has driven portfolio returns for decades, but investors are increasingly concerned that US-dominant portfolios are jeopardising precious diversification. USS, NBIM and IMCO share strategies to foster diversification including different currency exposures and investing in emerging markets.

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