In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Amara Haqqani, director, insights and strategy at Milliman, about grassroots conversations about stopping the super guarantee, the industry’s Copernican moment of kicking product to the kerb, and what the real black swan event has been for super during the Coronavirus crisis.
Amara Haqqani: Super in 2020 – Copernicus, Warren Buffet’s swimming naked, and pitchforks in the street
Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come
China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.
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Implementing factor strategies in the corporate bond market
While factor strategies have been running for decades in equity markets, their application to corporate bonds has been pioneered in Robeco. There are many similarities between equities and credits and also important differences: in particular the liquidity of corporate bonds. Read more about this new white paper »
Constant improvement a core value at AP2
The total investment costs of AP2 are only 17 basis points, yet the portfolio is described by chief executive, Eva Halvarsson as complex and advanced. So how do they do it?
HOOPP fully invested in the future
HOOPP is in an extraordinary position of being 122 per cent funded. It continues to focus on innovative investments - such as credit derivatives - as a way to achieve its pension promise.
Investment theory: good ‘in theory’
Investors should not rely on investment theory because the complex and connected risks in the real world cannot fully be accounted for, says Tim Unger, of Willis Towers Watson.
UK’s PPF ready for change
The $33 billion PPF has an investment plan that sees it reducing the reliance on inflation and interest rate swaps, and better proof the portfolio from the looming cost of derivative strategies.
Asset owners’ next battle
Asset owners are winning the argument to lower private equity manager fees; their next battle will be about the valuation of private assets.
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