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PIMCO predicts a “new normal” to reign in investment markets
A “new normal” will reign in investment markets after the shocks of last year, according to PIMCO, with the manager’s secular outlook favouring investment at the front-end of the yield curve as well as income producing instruments. This article looks at the outcomes of its recent secular forum including a call for investment management vehicles
Postcards from the edge: How CPP Investments will grow to be a $1 trillion
The C$C532 billion ($587) billion CPP Investments has identified four clear “sources of edge” that it will build its organisational transformation on as it prepares for life as a C$1 trillion fund.
Beyond asset classes: Active credit becomes the test case for Florida’s portfolio evolution
Florida State Board of Administration has built an active credit portfolio spanning public and private markets, CIO Lamar Taylor says the initiative could be the first step in a broader shift away from traditional asset-class investing towards a framework centred on return drivers and risk exposures.
New ways to calculate portfolio weights
This paper presents two simple algorithms to calculate the portfolio weights for a risk parity strategy, where asset class covariance information is appropriately taken into consideration to achieve “true” equal risk contribution. Previous implementations of risk parity either (1) used a naïve 1/vol solution, which ignores asset class correlations, or (2) computed “true” risk parity
Australian pension funds face greater governance and investment regulations
Australian pension funds will face a greater scrutiny of their corporate governance and risk management policies that will impact investment decisions in sweeping government changes released yesterday.
CIC to invest cash, as global portfolio returns – 2.1 % for the year…
CIC is poised to invest more than 80 per cent of the assets still allocated to cash in its $100 billion global portfolio, as it outlined in its first annual report to stakeholders it”cannot achieve its goals without productively deploying its capital”.
BT Pension offers innovative solutions for UK funds battling value leakage
The BT Pension Scheme has rebranded as Brightwell to offer its asset management expertise to the UK’s DB funds. Morten Nilsson argues the case for ditching a complex landscape of advisory and asset management services and the buyout model for Brightwell’s holistic offering.
Investors take credit in Say on Pay reform
Investor action through letters and company dialogue has resulted in more than 40 companies in the US, including Goldman Sachs, State Street, BNY Mellon and Conoco, agreeing to implement Say on Pay reform, according to Timothy Smith, senior vice president, Walden Asset Management who recently coordinated a letter signed by investors including CalPERS chief investment
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