Alex Antic: Data science across finance, academia and government

I chat with Alex on his experiences across a range of environments, the role of machine learning in Australia’s future and how to best deploy data science in academia and industry.

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Returns, resilience and reinvention: What private markets’ top brass are worried about

Returns, resilience and reinvention: What private markets’ top brass are worried about

Senior executives from some of the world's largest private market managers gathered in Berlin this month with a collective understanding: managers who move slowly on AI face not just weaker returns but the risk of owning businesses that have been competitively displaced before they can exit.

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Alaska grows wary of private equity

Alaska's CIO Marcus Frampton explains why he's keen to pare back private equity. Writing smaller cheques comes with consequences but he'd rather get the right portfolio exposures ahead. Absolute return and RE become a focus.

Denmark’s AkademikerPension takes on the banks financing fossil fuels

Engagement by Denmark’s AkademikerPension forced Dankse Bank to rethink financing fossil fuels. CIO Anders Schelde believes this represents a new frontier in institutional investor pressure on the fossil fuel industry that will work because financing oil and gas is not a core business for banks.

CalSTRS positions for the future with new investment team structure

CalSTRS has restructured the investment team with an eye on its future growth and the best people to achieve its mission. This includes examining the complexity of the portfolio and the skills required to manage it effectively in the future. Amanda White spoke to deputy CIO, Scott Chan.

LACERA: Why rebalancing is asset allocation’s best friend

Rebalancing back to asset class strategic ranges after a market rise or fall is one of the most vital seams of strategy at the $70.1 billion LACERA. It ensures the investment team remain consistent with investment policy statements, don’t try and time the market and avoid behavioural biases according to CIO Jonathan Grabel who calls is “the best long-term strategy we have”.

Asia still the epicentre of global growth, but with greater headwinds

Asia will remain the epicentre of global growth during 2023, but rising global headwinds will drive greater variation between markets, experts predict. Ben Hurley examines the outlook for the region ahead of the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore next month.

Growth equities to shine in 2023 if interest rates stabilise

For investors who believe interest rates will stabilise in 2023, growth equities such as electric vehicles, emerging markets fintech and some luxury brands could be strong investment prospects, according to equity portfolio specialist Raj Shant from Jennison Associates.

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