I chat with Anthony, Director at Verge Labs, on the open-source revolution, how we should frame the conversation around ethics and potentially optimistic viewpoint as artificial intelligence evolves.
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A concentrated bet on fewer, better GP relationships is paying off for one of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Built on selective manager and deal selection rather than a broad roster, the A$112 billion ($78 billion) Rest Super delivered private equity returns more than double the peer average last financial year, as the fund proactively courts top-tier PE firms instead of waiting to be approached.
Despite threats to pension funds’ funded status including the investment environment, plan maturity, longevity risk and low interest rates affecting the funding valuation, Canadian funds HOOPP and OPTrust celebrated healthy funded status in recent reports. Top1000funds.com looks at their approach.
The UK's BT Pension Scheme's CIO Wyn Francis reflects on the pressure war in Ukraine will put on investors net zero targets.
The methods central banks use to predict inflation are breaking down, and world governments will need to look beyond monetary policy and incorporate fiscal and climate policy levers to balance fragile economies, according to renowned economics professor Warwick McKibbin.
Historical performance and cash flow characteristics differ enormously among infrastructure asset sectors, and even between assets of the same sector, says the vice president of PGIM IAS’ private assets research program. But scarcity of data makes infrastructure performance notoriously hard to study.
Edwin Denson, executive director and CIO at State of Wisconsin Investment Board talks to Top1000funds about changes in investment strategy, noting that active management, and the need to take on more risk for the same return are guiding principles.
Many investors will welcome Carl Icahn’s attempt to force the board of McDonalds to change its policy on cruelty in pig farming. Jeremy Coller, founder and chair of the FAIRR Initiative,argues slow movement on gestation crates is as much an investment risk as it is an issue of animal welfare.
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