Amara Haqqani: Super in 2020 – Copernicus, Warren Buffet’s swimming naked, and pitchforks in the street

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.

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The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth

Jase Auby, TRS's celebrated CIO, explains why TPA doesn't fit with its culture; why community push back on data centres could turn out to be an investor advantage, and argues the case for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Top1000funds.com sat down with the CIO in his Austin office for an all-encompassing conversation.

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Danish pension fund ATP expands to UK

Danish pension fund ATP will expand its operations into the United Kingdom, and the new head of its UK operations, Morten Nilsson, says they can offer a more diverse range of investments and better risk controls than what is currently available to many British pension fund members.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Did S&P downgrade democracy?

Rogerscasey chief executive, Tim Barron (pictured), provides a different perspective on the S&P downgrade of US Treasuries, asking whether the act was actually a downgrade of democracy in that country.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

MSCI improves factor risk modelling for equities

The most recent Barra US Equity Model, USE4, contains some important innovations in factor risk modelling, including the introduction of country risk factors, volatility regime adjustments, and eigenfactor risk adjustments. Amanda White spoke to executive director and head of equity factor model research at MSCI, Jose Menchero, about what that means.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2

Harvard favours emerging markets and absolute returns over fixed income

Harvard Management Company (HMC), which manages the $32 billion Harvard endowment, has made significant alterations to its policy portfolio, including increasing allocations to emerging market equities and the externally-managed absolute returns program, while slashing fixed income allocations.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

CII releases “say on pay” report examining investor voting motivations

The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has released a report analysing investor motivation for voting against the “say on pay” proposal at companies where the motion failed to receive majority support at annual meetings this year. The study, conducted by independent executive compensation and performance consultancy Farient Advisors, examines how the new “say on pay”

Florida looking for managers for $6 billion alternatives push

The Florida State Board of Administration (SBA) is looking for managers to run up to $6 billion in mandates as it expands its allocations to alternative assets such as private equity, hedge funds, real estate, infrastructure and commodities.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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