Can the seemingly insatiable appetite for anything Facebook guide the pension industry on how to create the same demand, and market, for climate change? (more…)
The A$72.9 billion ($78.9 billion) Australian Future Fund will ramp up its tangible asset investments this quarter to more than 14.5 per cent of the fund with a long-term goal of lifting that to 25 per cent, a spokesman said. (more…)
The relative strengths of industry versus country factors can be of major importance for global equity portfolio managers. If country effects dominate, then primary consideration can be given to the country allocation decision. On the other hand, if global economic integration is reducing the distinctions between countries, then an industry-first investment process may be more appropriate. This MSCI paper, by Jose Menchero and Andrei Morozov, investigates industries versus countries in global equity markets. (more…)
Determining a pre-defined strategy and committing to it is the key to dynamic de-risking, according to executives at Mercer in Canada, who are seeing a lot of interest in the strategy, but hesitancy in implementation. (more…)
Investors should avoid embracing more risk to chase returns, despite buoyant equity markets defying recent global shocks, warns American institutional investment consultant Wurts and Associates. (more…)
Five Italian university students have won the prestigious CFA Institute Global Investment Research Challenge, beating more than 2,500 students from more than 500 universities worldwide to take out the $10,000 prize. (more…)