I chat with Christina about her experiences starting her own firm dealing with high frequency trading strategies, and her observations about how high frequency strategies have evolved, where they are now, and where they may be going in the future.
NZ Super cuts benchmark return expectation on US valuation concerns
A view that the US stock market is overvalued and equity risk premia will be lower over the long term has driven New Zealand Super to lower the return expectations for its reference portfolio following its recent five-yearly review of the benchmark. Co-chief investment officer Brad Dunstan also flags underweight commodity exposure as an area to address and explains why the fund remains sceptical of illiquidity premia despite seeing a growing case for private markets.
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Effective stewardship
This panel looked at effective stewardship practices and explored collaboration and targeted campaigns. Through case studies this session examined the next generation strategies and tools for effective investor engagement and what frontier topics investors should be considering.
Physical climate risks: Implications for investors
This session examined research from the Woodwell Climate Research Centre that assesses the socioeconomic risks associated with climate change and shows how societies and economies will cross critical thresholds and face new vulnerabilities over less time than the duration of a typical mortgage.
Serafeim: ESG differentiation is an opportunity for companies to lead
There are four fundamental aspects of driving change inside organisations: measurement, analysis, strategy and communication. Many companies have made the mistake of starting from the fourth step, and reporting is driving strategy, says business author and Harvard Business School professor, George Serafeim.
Infrastructure: Adding value through ESG
Infrastructure investments face many and complex challenges including sustainability. This session looked at specific case studies of ESG in legacy infrastructure as well as the investor priorities with regards to green energy infrastructure.
Missouri PSRS/PEERS develops cost cutting private markets strategy
As Missouri PSRS/PEERS builds its 40 per cent allocation to private markets, CIO Craig Husting is slashing fees with a large private equity co-investment programme and an in-house direct credit lending allocation.
Asset owners push for better data in private markets
Investors discuss the role of private assets helping drive the transition and the data gathering process in private markets
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