In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of institutional content at Investment Magazine, chats with Aaron Minney, head of retirement income research at Challenger, about a range of topics including deaccumulation, sequencing risk and income generation in retirement.
The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing
Portfolios built for the old world will be severely tested as emerging forces rewrite the rules of investing. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval, together with the disruption wrought by AI, should force asset owners to rethink the structure and composition of portfolios.
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More funds consider TPA despite challenges
In January 2020, Roger Urwin laid down a call to action for asset owners and corporations to use the decade to drive greater wellbeing and wealth in the lives of their stakeholders. Now halfway through the decade, he reviews the state of play in this complicated picture.
LGPS Strathclyde invests more in impact; boasts highest funded level ever
LGPS Strathclyde, the £31 billion ($41 billion) pension fund for public sector employees in the Glasgow area is planning to increase its impact allocation to 7.5 per cent, after also celebrating its highest funded level ever.
Stable value at TRS proves ballast in extraordinary times
Texas Teacher Retirement System, the $211.6 billion Austin-based pension fund, has an asset allocation that is built to withstand the “extraordinary times” and adverse climate investors face today. The fund's 21 per cent allocation to stable value to stand the test of recession has proven most robust.
Exploring the interconnectedness of biodiversity and climate change
Biodiversity loss is one of the top global risks in terms of its impact and likelihood, yet it is completely overshadowed by climate change and is not well understood. Anastassia Johnson, researcher at the Thinking Ahead Institute, explores the intersection of both issues and what investors should do about them.
Combating geopolitical and economic headwinds by going global in fixed income
Growing economic and geopolitical uncertainty, amidst volatile trade policies and turbulent foreign relations, requires asset owners to rethink their core fixed income allocation and take a more global view to beef up the resilience and robustness of their broader portfolio.
The world in flux and Trump’s role in a new equilibrium
The second Trump administration has so far brought a lot of things: market shocks, volatile trade policies, and turbulent foreign relationships. But beyond the chaos, renowned geopolitics expert Stephen Kotkin says Trump has an unwitting role to help the world rebalance and reach a “new equilibrium” in the global order.
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