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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Scenario testing has put inflation risk front and centre at PMT, the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, and it's driving the investor to take stock of the inflation protection it gets from infrastructure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, chief investment officer Hartwig Liersch unpacks the risk, as well as another initiative where it's balancing concentration risk in the equity allocation without hurting returns.
Institutional investors need to get more serious in their engagement with policy makers by targeting specific people in environment departments and defining an action plan to tackle climate change risk, according to global head of research, responsible investment at Mercer, Danyelle Guyatt.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
There is no connection between asset allocation and the funding level of US state retirement systems, according to Wilshire’s 16th annual survey of the funds, which reported a dire funding situation for 99 per cent of plans.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
One of the more interesting numbers behind the last Chinese GDP growth headline figure is the proportion of that growth which is due to domestic demand. Fiduciary investors have been getting set for the domestic demand theme in China for some time, of course. Well, it’s here in a big way.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
Enhancing board effectiveness and governance of pension funds and other “long-horizon investment institutions” is the focus of a new program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The CFA Institute has published “A Primer for Investment Trustees”, a free publication to educate trustees on governance, investment policy, investment objectives and risk tolerance using simple laymen’s terms.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The institutional foray into hedge fund strategies is changing the way these managers invest. In turn, the hedge fund industry is being shaped by this now dominant investor base.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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