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
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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Alaskan fund furthers alternative exposures
The Alaska Permanent Fund has made allocations to three alternative investment programs and begun a new push into timber and diversified inflation funds hiring Callan to conduct searches. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Harvard factors in rebalancing to endowment
The Ann Kaplan professor of business, finance and economics at Columbia University, Andrew Ang, who also consults to the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, describes the shortcomings of research on asset allocation and illiquid assets, and how to overcome behavioural biases.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Funds empty their clips as Sudan divides
As Sudan divides into north and south, CalPERS and other UN PRI funds are divesting shares in public companies in that country, while at the same time warning on the fragile peace and the precarious economy.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalSTRS moves on innovation, risk
CalSTRS is in contract negotiation with a hedge fund consultant, with a view to hiring global macro hedge funds as part of its innovation portfolio, and the next tasks will be reviewing commodities and non-traditional benchmarks, as the innovation and risk unit comes of age. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
TMX rejects funds’ bid amid debt concerns
Competition and debt concerns have scuttled an ambitious proposal by a consortium of nine Canadian banks and pension funds to acquire the country’s biggest stock exchange.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
US dollar debate rages as funds hedge bets
The recent rally in the US dollar after fears about a slowdown in China and Eurozone government debt has focused attention on what lies ahead for the world’s major reserve currency and the implications for funds’ hedging strategies.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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