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Finnish fund Elo’s CIO reveals portfolio plans
Hanna Hiidenpalo, Elo’s CIO discusses progress around internal management, the impact of Finnish equities on the portfolio, and the fund’s sustainability program which includes a target of carbon-neutral energy use in direct real estate by 2027.
Alaska Permanent looks to emerging markets
The Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees was educated on the changing risk profiles of emerging-market debt at its meeting in February, with chair, Bill Moran, suggesting the asset class could have a greater role in the fund’s portfolio in the future.
Swedish AP funds exclude 10 companies due to ethical breaches
Sweden’s first four buffer funds, with combined assets of SEK 690.6 billion (US$83 billion) have demonstrated a lack of tolerance for companies that continue to breach ethical guidelines despite the funds’ governance efforts to bring about change, excluding 10 companies from their investment universe.
Performance persistence: reverting back to normal
The latest performance persistence study by RogersCasey’s managing director, head of global portfolio solutions, Soonyong Park, which incorporates data from the volatile 2008 period, confirms the lack of persistence of returns in the equity asset management universes, and further, that it is more pronounced when long-term results are evaluated.
RFK Human Rights achievements
President of Robert F Kennedy Human Rights, Kerry Kennedy, welcomed delegates to its 2019 investor conference by outlining some of the milestones achieved by the organization in the past year. These include criminal legal system reform; suing Colombia on behalf of a journalists’ family; and major advancements in farm workers’ rights.
Active management needed to navigate AI boom
AI dominates today’s portfolios, but the failures will outweigh the successes without genuine active management argues Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Aziz Hamzaogullari.
AI to transform GPIF manager selection
The $1.4 trillion Japanese fund will use deep-learning technology to monitor and evaluate the styles and processes of managers more effectively and pressure them to adopt high-tech tools.
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