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 twin forces rewriting the rules of investing
Portfolios built for the old world will be severely tested as emerging forces rewrite the rules of investing. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval, together with the disruption wrought by AI, should force asset owners to rethink the structure and composition of portfolios.
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How to think about the economics of AI
The pace of development in artificial intelligence and machine learning is head-spinning. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard there are examples from the industrial past that serve as good indicators of how the new technology will be adopted, its likely impact, and both short- and long-term strategies for effective adoption.
Canada’s Maple 8 ‘couldn’t be more different’, says OMERS
Much can be said about Canada’s so-called Maple 8 funds and their pension models, which have provided stellar learning materials for the rest of the world, but OMERS chief executive Blake Hutcheson questioned whether bundling them all together is appropriate.
Pioneers of the Canadian model say its principles are under siege
A founding principle of the Canadian pension system is under attack. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Toronto heard from four individuals who have been instrumental in making the system what it is today, and that the sound principles that made the system great need to be defended.
Why MFS no longer pays on short-term results
If managers want to reinforce their long-term investor bona fides they should adopt appropriate time horizons for investments they make, disclose more about asset holding duration, and reconsider paying themselves based on short-term results. Only then will the interests of asset owners and the managers they employ be truly aligned.
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