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Complexity to clarity: How AP4’s tech overhaul slashed risk and costs
A new investment management platform at Swedish buffer fund AP4 has taken almost ten years to come to fruition. Increased efficiency, lower costs and risk make it worth the wait, says head of risk and operations Nicklas Wikström.
Brunel outlines owner/manager dynamic
The UK’s £30 billion Brunel Pension Partnership has published an asset management accord. The document is designed to clarify what it expects from its mandates and what they can expect from Brunel. A long-term focus, aspects of communication, and responsible investment and stewardship are among the topics the accord covers.
Change how we work
2020 was by just about any measure, unprecedented. Market volatility, regulatory change and the need to make decisions quickly – but largely remotely – put more emphasis than ever on dynamic and effective decision-making in pension investment committees. It was a true test of robust governance.
Regulation and economics converge in ESG
Investors from Schroders, Trillium and PensionDanmark discuss how a changing regulatory picture and the economics of sustainable investment are coming together to create a tipping point in ESG, but they warn their peers to look beyond the label to what is on the inside.
The evolution of fixed income and the role of private credit
This session explored how the private credit market has evolved, what it’s role in broad fixed income portfolios will be in the future and what return premium investors should expect as they move further out the risk spectrum.
SuperStream could save $20 bn: Ernst & Young
The $20 billion prize, provides a blueprint for implementing the Cooper Review-proposed SuperStream concept.
Integration of Assets and Liabilities in Investment Program Management
After the dramatic market events of the last decade, defined benefit plan sponsors are facing stricter accounting and regulatory oversight, and seek to control funded status volatility. Focusing on a plan’s liabilities, when contemplating asset decisions, is a good way to accomplish this task. Click here to download the report
Sovereign Wealth Funds Assessing the Impact
Leveraging State Street’s position as a market practitioner, this Vision paper examines the lack of a universal definition for sovereign wealth funds, the debate regarding transparency, and the impact these large and fast-growing institutional investors are likely to have on the capital markets. Click here to download the report
The 80% outside China and the US must not surrender their agency
It is critical for stakeholders in all nations to find nuanced ways to navigate rising tension between the US and China, and not “surrender agency to the interests of great powers who are much more interested in a zero sum game of ascendancy,” argues Professor Danny Quah from NUS.
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