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European investors reject debt crisis narrative as higher bond yields trigger fixed income shift

European investors reject debt crisis narrative as higher bond yields trigger fixed income shift

The rise in government bond yields is being driven by higher policy-rate expectations and commodity supply concerns linked to the Strait of Hormuz, not fears of an imminent sovereign debt reckoning. Investors share how they are preparing for higher returns.

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Promoting diversity won’t cut it, results will: Brown Duckett

CEOs are accustomed to stretch targets and reward outcomes, not efforts says TIAA’s Thasunda Brown Duckett, the same principals should be applied in the DEI space. She was speaking alongside CIOs from CalPERS and CalSTRS at a diversity forum co-hosted by the funds.

Asset owners’ increasingly global diversity lens

More investors around the world are looking at how to invest with a diversity lens. Amanda White examines how investors in Japan, Sweden, the US and Canada are addressing the diversity question as part of their internal organisation and in their investments and the managers they work with.

Aware Super positions for growth

Aware Super, one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, engaged McKinsey as part of the development of its next five-year strategy which the fund presented to the board in March. As it develops its next five-year plan a key initiative is how to deal with growth as it plans for an organisation that could double in size.

PSP expands total portfolio approach

In just 20 years the Canadian fund PSP Investments has grown from a standing start to more than C$200 billion. As it enters its next five year strategy, Amanda White spoke to CIO Eduard van Gelderen about the next phase of portfolio management and the development of its total portfolio approach including assessing and allocating investments on a sector basis.

Church of Sweden manages concentration risk

The SEK10 billion Church of Sweden fund invests all its assets through a sustainability lens. It’s had stellar performance driven largely by a chunk of the fund invested in the Generation Investment Management global equity fund, an investment that was diluted last year to manage concentration risk. Amanda White spoke to CIO, Anders Thorendal.

Kotkin on China’s education and human capital challenge

In a presentation on investor risk and opportunity in China Professor Stephen Kotkin argued that unless China can improve its education system, the country will remain in the middle-income trap. Kotkin questioned whether investors might seek growth in Asia outside of China.

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