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Finding the stories in economics
Nobel Prize winner and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University Robert Shiller addressed the Fiduciary Investors Symposium recently. This is an excerpt of his speech.
ILPA template adoption rate grows
ILPAs private equity fee template has gathered momentum, with some funds like New York State Common Fund making fee disclosure via the template a condition of investment in all new PE investments
Year in review
Analysing the most read stories of 2016 reveals some interesting trends. Overwhelmingly the most popular investment stories have been about fees and issues of sustainability.
Politics matter
In exercising fiduciary duty, it is not the origin of long-term value drivers that matters, but their financial materiality, and that includes ESG says Will Martindale, head of policy at PRI.
CalPERS did well to snuff out tobacco
We can debate the certainty of risks and returns, but maintaining that investment in tobacco is in the best interests of ordinary workers is clearly becoming an increasingly difficult position.
Strength amid global turmoil
Political factors will continue to create uncertainty in investment markets, so now – more than ever – large investors need to play to their strengths.
Investing in a time of uncertainty
The 8th annual International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds kicked off in New Zealand today. This is an excerpt of the welcome speech by the chief executive of New Zealand Super, Adrian Orr.
Better balance your beta
The most important thing investors can do given the investment environment is to balance their beta to account for the wide range of potential outcomes, says Greg Jensen, Bridgewater co-CIO.
ATP’s new risk lens
The giant Danish fund, ATP, now views the return-seeking part of its investment portfolio through four risk sectors, allowing an easy comparison of investments across asset classes.
FIS Yale 2016