Alexander Fleiss: Humility and mean reversion

I chat with Alexander, CEO at Rebellion Research, on stock selection, portfolio construction and his passion for teaching.

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New Jersey’s $85 billion fund stockpiles cash, eyes PE secondaries

New Jersey’s $85 billion fund stockpiles cash, eyes PE secondaries

An underweight position across private markets, predicated on a view that geopolitics and inflation mean interest rates are not coming down any time soon, has positioned the New Jersey Division of Investment with plenty of dry powder and a cash position four times the policy allocation. It is now readying for opportunities in private equity secondaries and with emerging managers. Chief investment officer Shoaib Khan spoke to Top1000funds.com.

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Risk aversion matters: life-cycle design

A key issue in life-cycle fund design is setting the right ‘glide path’ for switching from growth to defensive assets over time. As it turns out, risk aversion is far more important than pension fund balance. New research raises a note of caution over offering a single, one-size-fits-all life-cycle fund.

ADIA boosts internal active fixed income

The $700 billion Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, ADIA, is boosting its internal fixed income capabilities and scaling up capacity to run active strategies in-house as it simplifies the portfolio to become more fleet-of-foot.

A roadmap for career adaptability

The second in a series of articles by the CFA Institute outlines a roadmap on how investment professionals can navigate the accelerating change and disruption affecting the investment industry.

Finding risk: First State Super

A decade of ultra-low rates and mediocre growth does not mean that every year will yield low returns for investors, according to Damian Graham, the CIO of First State Super one of Australia's largest institutional investors. He talks about how to get enough risk in the portfolio.

How to spot an authentic leader

The investment industry needs authentic leaders: what do they look like? Rob Lake argues for a new form of leadership that is intensely human and can stimulate more innovation and creativity in work.

Caisse Geneva’s approach to risk

The pension fund for the Swiss Canton of Geneva runs a fundamental investment strategy shaped around harvesting the premia. The fund's CIO, Gregoire Haenni, mindful of heightened risk in the equity allocation because of the late cycle.

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