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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The UK’s LGPS pool, £120 billion ($161 billion) Border to Coast, is hunting for strategic relationships with asset managers and global asset owners as it prepares to invest £40 billion in private markets. Chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Top1000funds.com about the fund's approach to finding long-term partnerships in the market.
Large pension funds are being cautious in current markets and are looking to "batten down the hatches", a panel of investors told delegates at the Milken Institute Global Conference in LA.
Embedding ESG factors into investment decision-making processes makes related risks more apparent, while strategies based on SDGs align portfolios more closely with long-term wealth creation.
The Asian giant has a vibrant tech sector, a growing middle class, and a government making changes to improve access. It’s enough to make many take on the market’s volatility and other issues.
Combining pension funds involves merging cultures, acting as both an investor and a body that answers to its constituent funds, and more. A panel of CEOs discussed the difficulties and benefits.
Fresh off a windfall from green-energy assets in Asia, Denmark’s $26.9 billion Industriens Pension is looking to employ the model in Africa and Latin America, where it has a track record.
As the CDP turns 18, its founders’ dream of universal reporting of climate-change data is closer to reality than ever, thanks to standards and guidelines the TCFD has released.
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