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Investors spot key AI applications in portfolio management

AI can add value in almost every part of the investment process, including manager selection and monitoring and risk management, providing support in information gathering and analysis, sometimes from non-traditional and hard-to-access data sources, according to a new CFA Institute Research and Policy Center report.
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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.
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GPIF finds gaps in manager engagement with Japanese corporates

The annual survey by Japan’s 245.98 trillion yen ($1.5 trillion) Government Pension Investment Fund, measuring asset manager engagement of listed companies, finds purposeful and constructive dialogue between investors and companies remains challenging. Lacklustre asset manager engagement with investee companies comes as GPIF seeks to widen its manager pool.
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Giants APG and GPIF collaborate on infra

Two of the biggest pension funds in the world, the Dutch APG and Japan’s GPIF, have joined forces to invest in large scale infrastructure deals. The move comes as APG Asia head Thijs Aaten says he envisages more than half of the fund’s real assets will be in Asia.
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