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Asset owners have traditionally counted on external asset managers to pursue bold innovations rather than stretching their limited internal resources to do so. But leading Stanford academic Ashby Monk has warned in a new paper that this long-standing model is distilling short-term thinking in pension management.
NY Common joins allocator push on company AI transparency
The $273 billion New York State Common has upped the pressure on portfolio companies to report on how artificial intelligence usage is contributing to layoffs, as AI governance becomes a growing focus in the proxy voting and engagement activities of asset owners.
The economics of a pandemic
This lecture by professors of economics at the London Business School looks at the science, health policies, economics and macroeconomic policies related to COVID-19.
Sweden’s AP2 and AP6 conflict over PE investments
The Swedish government’s plans to streamline the country’s pension system and merge the $8 billion buffer fund AP6 with its larger and more diversified sibling, the $48 billion AP2, have hit a bump in the road. Major points of contention include AP6’s large private equity exposures and staff integration.
Danish investors shun the US but complete divestment ‘unlikely’
Danish pension investors are pulling capital out of US Treasuries amid tensions around Greenland, but a complete divestment from the world’s biggest market will hurt Danish funds’ performance and ultimately their pensioners more than the US government’s balance sheet.
TPA: Unlocking alpha through enhanced liquidity management
Stronger liquidity management through a total portfolio approach (TPA) can do more than manage real-time risk exposures – it can also help generate alpha, according to panellists at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Harvard University.
‘AI-washing’ risk grows as tech due diligence on managers lags
The pace of change in AI models poses a significant challenge to the due diligence frameworks employed by asset owners, whose own ability to adapt is being outstripped by the technological advancements they’re being asked to assess.
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