Sustainability Harvard - September 2022
Asset owners push for better data in private markets
Investors discuss the role of private assets helping drive the transition and the data gathering process in private markets
Ben HurleyOctober 4, 2022
FIS Chicago 2022
Tech wipeout brings lucrative opportunities for savvy investors
“Horrible” sentiment towards technology stocks is dragging down the value of some of the “best business models on the planet,” experts say.
Ben HurleyMay 28, 2022
Asset Allocation
Portfolios of the future focus on risk management
Being ready for anything, a focus on risk management, using more leverage and opportunities in technology are key characteristics of the portfolio of the future according to investors who spoke at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium recently.
Amanda WhiteNovember 23, 2021
FIS Digital – November 2021
Portfolios of the future: Resilience and risk management
Investors need to prioritise resilience, risk management, digitisation trends and talent to future proof their portfolios says OPTrust CIO James Davis.
Sarah RundellNovember 4, 2021
Investor Profile
OPTrust leads on AI innovation
The C$23 billion Canadian fund OPTrust is using AI to reduce risk in a strategy it hopes to roll out to the wider portfolio. Wei Xie explains the benefits and challenges of machine learning including AI's ability to identify complex dimensional relationships.
Sarah RundellJune 10, 2021
Technology
Value lies where precious data is stored
Organisations across the globe are collecting data, analysing and re-analysing it more and more every day. As this trend continues, data infrastructure – tangible or intangible – becomes increasingly attractive. Canada’s OPTrust cites this reality as the rationale behind the EdgeCore partnership. It thinks data is its own asset class.
James DavisFebruary 25, 2019