The UK’s largest private pension fund, USS has made ground on its path to net zero with effective engagement, measuring the Scope 3 emissions of its corporate assets and bottom-up carbon analysis focused on transition risk in emerging market equities. But investors need policy makers to do much more.
Pension fund in many emerging markets are under pressure because policymakers allow savers to withdraw their money ahead of retirement. Juan Pablo Noziglia, CIO at Prima AFP in Peru explains the dramatic impacts on one of the country’s largest funds as assets fall by half due to early
Key Takeaways For most of the past decade, the hedge fund industry faced headwinds to generate alpha as subdued volatility led to fewer trading opportunities and a near-zero interest rate environment hindered the process of asset price discovery. Hedge fund industry performance displays a strong positive relationship between higher inflation and higher interest rate regimes. … Read more
Key Takeaways We believe generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has the potential to significantly alter both the economic and investment landscape—making it more than just hype. In our view, companies with the infrastructure to integrate AI with their existing platforms and businesses building crucial generative AI components appear well-positioned for early success. Despite risks ranging from … Read more
Key Takeaways Investors are contending with a lingering late-cycle macro backdrop with latent recession risks for the US economy and most developed markets. Rather than wait for the cycle to turn, the journey toward the destination of eventual growth or recessionary outcomes merits its own consideration. We believe that staying invested, keeping active and diversifying … Read more
The $95.4 billion Oregon Investment Council has established anchor relationships in relative value, event-driven, and global-macro strategies, expanded the CTA portfolio, equally weighted managers, and is looking at additional multi-strategy funds. Meanwhile it is also restructuring its public equity allocation following a review of the portfolio and its managers.
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