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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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Machine learning ‘overcoming key challenges’ in stock picking

Once regarded as a black-box approach to supporting asset management, AI and machine learning is becoming increasingly effective and transparent, now more of a "crystal box" and a useful tool for stock-picking and explaining performance attribution to clients, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.

Higher rates, central bank divergence set to lift volatility

A higher interest rate environment, increasing divergence among major central banks, and geopolitical uncertainty are some of the major risks that top investment managers are bracing for in coming years, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.

Avoid looking at Fed interest rate cut as an economic saviour

Just hours before the US Federal Reserve cut interest rate, Bridgewater portfolio strategist Alex Smith cautioned the Top1000Funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Stanford University that any specific rate call doesn’t really matter. Instead, he illustrated a bigger picture view for the road ahead and what this means to investors.

Church Commissioners: Managing historic real assets for the future

The jewel in the crown of the Church Commissioners’ portfolio, the London-based asset manager for the historic assets of the Church of England, is its allocation to real assets, which contributes to returns used to support the work and specific needs of the church, alongside clergy pensions.

How Brightwell combines external credit managers and in-house LDI

Brightwell, asset manager for the BT Pension Scheme, explains why it manages its liability-driven investment strategy in-house but has turned to external managers in its cash flow-driven strategy.​​​​​​​

APG: The AI boom might have peaked

Thijs Knaap, chief economist at APG, shares his observations of the AI boom and one of Wall Street’s most closely watched companies.

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