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APAC’s mega trends: The investors positioning for the future

APAC is positioned to benefit from some of the most exciting global trends that offer unparalleled investment opportunities. Previous features in this series have focused on the region’s diversification benefits, short-term opportunities, and why active strategies work best. Buckle up for the long-term view.

Sarah RundellDecember 6, 2024

FIS Oxford 2024

Asset allocation evolves to factor-in client needs and measure success

Institutional investors strive to link their strategic asset allocation to their key objectives and ensure it evolves alongside technological advancements. A discussion at Fiduciary Investors Symposium Oxford explored the complexities and trade-offs inherent in portfolio construction.

Sarah RundellNovember 26, 2024

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APAC strategies: Why active management pays

In a region as diverse as Asia investors can lean in and take advantage of inefficiencies and inconsistencies around growth, central bank policy and diverse regulatory regimes; and asset owners in the region are increasingly finding active management, across all asset classes, optimises returns and reduces risk. Top1000funds.com investigates.

Sarah RundellNovember 13, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Figuring out the big trends to uncover global investment opportunities

Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Franklin Templeton Investments president Jenny Johnson told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the big trends of demographics, digitisation and de-globalisation are creating plenty of opportunities for investors, and cautioned on major global geopolitical risks, specifically, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024

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Operational excellence as critical as asset allocation for success

Asset allocation is often nominated as the most important element in long-term investment performance. But the Fiduciary Investor s Symposium at Stanford University heard that no investment strategy or process can operate in a vacuum – it can’t happen effectively without operational excellence.

Simon HoyleSeptember 29, 2023