The potential of technology is constrained only by the laws of physics, whether classical or, increasingly, quantum. As the power of technology increases it allows us to understand the world in a lot more detail – including why the current path to net-zero isn’t going to work.
Transparency is key to building trust according to executives at Norges Bank and the United Nations Staff Pension Fund. They discussed the benefits, and limitations of transparency at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at the University of Oxford.
The use of AI in asset owners’ investment operations continues to proliferate but increasingly they’re setting clear boundaries around what it is and is not permitted to do, while resisting the temptation to allow AI to dictate organisational change.
The fragmentation of global power, and big increases in defence spending, alongside climate change and the rise of AI, have been identified by Wellington Management as major generational changes that will impact markets for decades to come.
Investors putting capital to work in private market transition assets face unknowns around government policy, but the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford has heard that private credit also fits well with the long term nature of transition investments and brings valuable relationships with investee companies.
Delegates at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium, Oxford University heard how an allocation to biodiversity champions, without any tech exposure, only slightly trails the MSCI World in a reflection of how it is possible for investors to make money in biodiversity solutions.
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