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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WTW’s Urwin defends TPA value-add as attribution scrutiny intensifies

WTW’s Urwin defends TPA value-add as attribution scrutiny intensifies

Roger Urwin, one of the industry’s most well-known proponents of TPA, has defended it against the growing scepticism of its reported performance edge over SAA, saying “TPA is a system” and any performance attribution is difficult to isolate from the broader context each fund operates in. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, he also weighs in on whether some funds are inherently unsuitable for implementing TPA.

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Why private debt is pivotal to Queensland Investment Corporation

Queensland Investment Corporation's (QIC) CIO of State Investments, Allison Hill, explains why private debt is a crucial part of the portfolio.

Wellcome Trust: Hedge funds, property and low allocation to equity delivers

Allocations to property, some hedge funds and holding most of its assets in currencies other than sterling, helped Wellcome Trust withstand the impact of last year's simultaneous decline in prices in equities, government bonds and corporate credit on a scale not seen for many years.

After the horror of 2022, UTIMCO says asset classes set to do well

It’s possible that a traditional 60:40 passive portfolio could get close to a target return of 7-8 per cent this year in a trajectory not seen for the last 12 years, according to Rich Hall, CIO of $65 billion University of Texas endowment.

Don’t ignore culture in trying to solve the investment puzzle

Better internal investment integration and co-ordination will underpin long-term returns for two of the world’s largest investors, CPP and CalSTRS, but they’re also closely focused on how cultural issues – including diversity and team-building – affect whole-enterprise performance.

Active, in-house and sustainability: The driving factors at AP3

AP3’s ability to actively benefit from volatile markets is rooted in a reform process undertaken by CIO Pablo Bernengo, replacing decade-old, separate alpha and beta allocations with a traditional asset class structures but avoiding silos. Active risk and sustainability go hand in hand, he says, and is a 2023 focus.

Investment industry needs to rethink strategy: Future Fund CEO

Persistently challenging market conditions driven by stagflation, uncertainty and volatility, the response to climate change and populism increasingly shaping government decisions, mean 60:40 needs a re-think according to Raphael Arndt, chief executive of the A$240 billion Future Fund.

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