Recent research by The Conexus Institute identifies significant dispersion in the operating environment for Australia’s superannuation funds. Here they consider the impact on fund investment models including internalisation, private assets and offshore investment teams.
Roy Swan, director, mission investments at the Ford Foundation, is helping The Church Commissioners for England set up a new impact fund to tackle its slavery legacy. He tells Top1000funds.com about how the fund will provide grants and make impact investments intended to increase access to capital for Black-led businesses.
A clear commitment to DEI is helping CalPERS support its senior staff to optimise the performance of its existing teams and provides a valuable framework for attracting a diverse range of new talents. We spoke to chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, Marlene Timberlake D’Adamo.
Politicisation at US public pension funds has taken a turn for the worse after a new law threatens to put politicians in charge of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi.
Global strategy advisor and economist Parag Khanna said Asians’ movements around the world and their increasingly deep intra-region relationships will have massive geopolitical and workforce impacts on global markets.
Asset managers are spending vast sums of money to develop artificial intelligence systems to help them make better investment decisions. At a Top1000funds.com event in Singapore, Bridgewater co-CIO Greg Jensen discussed applying AI in financial markets as well as Bridgewater’s artificial intelligence efforts.
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