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Investors need to prioritise resilience, risk management, digitisation trends and talent to future proof their portfolios says OPTrust CIO James Davis.
Rational agents can upset asset-pricing paradigm
In contrast to the standard paradigm about momentum and reversal in markets being caused by agents reacting wrongly, new research shows that these phenomena can arise in markets with rational agents.
Fed announces custodian for Freddie, Fannie MBS program
The US Federal Reserve has chosen J.P. Morgan to provide custodial services for its program to purchase mortgage-backed securities (MBS) from now nationalised government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Ginnie Mae.
Investors cluster around AI SDG platform
A growing number of influential asset owners have expressed interest in a new sustainable development investment (SDI) Asset Owner Investor Platform launched by Dutch funds APG and PGGM. The AI-driven technology sifts through reams of structured and unstructured data to gauge the extent to which companies’ products and activities meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Wilshire survives and retains CalPERS consulting tender
Wilshire Associates has survived another competitive tender, trumping RogersCasey in the interview scoring process to retain the position of CalPERS’ lead general investment consultant, a position it has held since 1983.
Loaded with liquidity, South Carolina fund pushes for diversification
With a massive allocation to cash of 14 per cent and an underweight to domestic equities and real estate, the $21 billion South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission is uniquely positioned as a liquid investor ready to pounce. Chief investment officer, Bob Borden, spoke to Amanda White about the advantages of coming to the diversification
AP funds face consolidation as report flags scale and efficiency wins
A long-awaited review into Sweden’s buffer funds suggests consolidation between the three Stockholm funds – AP1, AP3 and AP4 – stating that the advantages in terms of efficiency and scale outweigh the disadvantages of continued separation.
CalSTRS overlays its fuzzy buckets
After deciding at the last investment committee meeting to employ a new way of evaluating portfolio risk which overlays risk across asset classes, rather than replacing asset classes with risk categories, CalSTRS now just has to work out how to do it. Amanda White spoke with chief investment officer Chris Ailman about the fund’s journey
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