Campbell Harvey: Factor investing beyond the snake oil

I chat with Campbell, Professor of Finance at Duke University, on the future of quantitative finance, academic journals, model fitting and the intellectual fallacies within inference.

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Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.

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Germany’s MetallRente ups risk, gains beneficiary enthusiasm

MetallRente, the risk-averse German pension fund for workers in the metal and electrical industries, now offers an equity allocation in its conservative direct insurance option. The chance to tap the capital markets for higher returns has been enthusiastically taken up by beneficiaries, says managing director Hansjoerg Muellerleile.

Size and flow dispersion motivates fund-specific investment models in Oz

Recent research by The Conexus Institute identifies significant dispersion in the operating environment for Australia’s superannuation funds. Here they consider the impact on fund investment models including internalisation, private assets and offshore investment teams.

Ford’s Roy Swan on how the Church of England is tackling its slavery legacy

Roy Swan, director, mission investments at the Ford Foundation, is helping The Church Commissioners for England set up a new impact fund to tackle its slavery legacy. He tells Top1000funds.com about how the fund will provide grants and make impact investments intended to increase access to capital for Black-led businesses.

DEI a vital tool to building culture at CalPERS

A clear commitment to DEI is helping CalPERS support its senior staff to optimise the performance of its existing teams and provides a valuable framework for attracting  a diverse range of new talents. We spoke to chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, Marlene Timberlake D’Adamo.

Politicians wrestle for control at Mississippi PERS

Politicisation at US public pension funds has taken a turn for the worse after a new law threatens to put politicians in charge of the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi.

Why the future of humanity lies in Asia 

Global strategy advisor and economist Parag Khanna said Asians’ movements around the world and their increasingly deep intra-region relationships will have massive geopolitical and workforce impacts on global markets. 

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