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.
Asset owners are lowering return targets, shrinking active long-only allocations and getting tough on fees as harsh outlooks persist, the annual Top1000funds.com/Casey Quirk survey reveals.
Mercer’s Pacific CIO, Kylie Willment, has made tweaks to better align the portfolio with the potential effects of quantitative tightening, markets late in their cycles, and geopolitical risks.
What do investors with long horizons want to know? Megatrends, risk factors, capital allocation and governance are dominant themes in chief executives' presentations at CEO-Investor Forums.
Dutch pension fund APG finds that bespoke, expandable deals with partners in the area serve it best in the competitive Asia-Pacific markets. Regional head Wim Hazeleger explains the approach.
Brunel Pension Partnership is starting its consolidation of 10 local government pension schemes into one mega fund. CIO Mark Mansley cites pragmatism and cost among the guiding objectives.
PGGM's Jaap van Dam and Kempen's Lars Dijkstra say that asset owners with long-term horizons should look for managers who can analyse industries and companies to find intrinsic value.
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