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CFA Institute chief Paul Smith said in an exclusive interview that winning back the public’s confidence would require lower salaries, courses in people skills, better self-regulation and more.
OMERS’ new CIO to focus on in-house management
Bringing externally managed funds under the guidance of the internal investment team is a key component of OMERS’ growth plans, with the fund moving to having more direct control over its investments, according to new chief investment officer, Michael Latimer.
Sovereigns reign best on 3-legged stool
The optimal asset allocation for Sovereign Wealth Funds is a state-dependent allocation to three building blocks: a performance-seeking portfolio, an endowment-hedging portfolio, and a liability-hedging portfolio, according to research conducted by the EDHEC-Risk Institute.
Investors not willing to pay for alpha: Mercer
Pension funds could soon hold bargaining power over funds managers, particularly in the alternative asset classes, with asset management fees predicted to decrease in 2009 and beyond.
Missouri PSRS/PEERS develops cost cutting private markets strategy
As Missouri PSRS/PEERS builds its 40 per cent allocation to private markets, CIO Craig Husting is slashing fees with a large private equity co-investment programme and an in-house direct credit lending allocation.
Dutch look ambitiously beyond DB funds
As the social partners in the Netherlands debate the future of the pension system, Amanda White spoke with chief institutional business and deputy CEO at PGGM, Else Bos, about the preferred reform outcome which may be a move towards a “defined ambition” structure, as well as PGGM’s vision of retirement provision which moves beyond just
Landmark tech investment boosts Denmark’s Lægernes Pension
Denmark’s Lægernes Pension has just completed a series of tech investments to further sharpen its investment processes. Michael Daniel Andersen, head of portfolio construction, believes natural language processing revealing what people are reading and researching will offer some of the most valuable new investment signals ahead.
NBIM takes aim at forex practices
The manager of the $1 trillion Government Pension Fund Global has adopted the FX Global Code of Conduct and expects its counterparties to do the same. But the pension giant hasn’t stopped there.
The roads from Glasgow stretch out in front of us
COP26 has had many critiques and Roger Urwin’s review, in this article, gives it just over half marks. The phrase ‘good COP, bad COP’ summarises it well and how to view it depends on framing and context.
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