ESG

Investor Profile

Wellcome Trust: Hedge funds, property and low allocation to equity delivers

Allocations to property, some hedge funds and holding most of its assets in currencies other than sterling, helped Wellcome Trust withstand the impact of last year's simultaneous decline in prices in equities, government bonds and corporate credit on a scale not seen for many years.

Sarah RundellJanuary 17, 2023

Sustainability

COP: There might be disappointment, but it’s still the best hope we have

In the post-COP twilight with the initial assessment of pass or fail all written, institutional investors are rightly asking where we are up to at the end of 2022. Fiona Reynolds looks at what has changed and what remains the same.

Fiona ReynoldsDecember 1, 2022

Sustainability

PRI at a crossroad

PRI’s CEO David Atkin has been conducting workshops with signatories to explore different pathways and seeking views around six themes around accountability, the PRI’s policy work and the diversity of signatories and their different needs. A report will be tabled to board of directors in February with recommendations.

Sharon KlyneNovember 28, 2022

Investor Profile

Pooling benefits show at Border to Coast in path to investment excellence

As Border to Coast approaches its 5th birthday chief executive Rachel Elwell reflects on the achievement of building a sustainable organisation, what investment capabilities are still to develop and the priorities for the underlying partner funds.

Amanda WhiteNovember 18, 2022

Fiduciary Investors Symposium

Why active investment is a zero sum game

Asset owners are increasingly under pressure to find alpha via active management because of declines in beta. Drawing on his research into active strategies at Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global, Maastricht University's Rob Bauer argues active doesn't pay.

Sarah RundellNovember 17, 2022

Featured Story

New Mexico’s shakeup: Private markets in; risk parity out.

As he prepares to put more money to work in private markets, New Mexico’s new CIO Michael Shackelford discusses why he is paring back on risk parity and removing private credit hedge funds, and his preference for open-ended funds.

Sarah RundellOctober 25, 2022

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Investor Profile

Wellcome Trust: Hedge funds, property and low allocation to equity delivers

Sustainability

COP: There might be disappointment, but it’s still the best hope we have

Sustainability

PRI at a crossroad

Investor Profile

Pooling benefits show at Border to Coast in path to investment excellence

Fiduciary Investors Symposium

Why active investment is a zero sum game

Featured Story

New Mexico’s shakeup: Private markets in; risk parity out.

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