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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ESG: It’s really quite simple
Fiona Reynolds, long-time CEO of the PRI and now CEO of publishing firm Conexus Financial, responds to the rising denunciation of ESG investing and claims that over-thinking, over-regulation and over-standardisation is complicating what is actually a very simple investment philosophy.
Shift to positive stock-bond correlation could increase risk, reduce return
Investors may have to fundamentally rethink their return and risk expectations with experts arguing there are signs that stock and bond return correlations could turn positive and stay that way for years or even decades.
As inflation batters, TRS eyes natural gas
Inflation woes dominated at a recent TRS board meeting. However the Texas-based fund, one of the few remaining investors in fossil fuels, has benefited from its allocation to energy and is currently eyeing opportunities in natural gas infrastructure as US producers gear up to supply global demand in Russia's absence.
No single right way: Constructive real-world pragmatism for finance
Examining and learning from the evolution of orthodox finance provides relevant insight to the evolution of ESG data and ISSB standards which like CAPM are simply social conventions. Greg Watson argues that adopting a “no single right way” mindset will create greater resilience in investment by promoting greater differentiation.
Real assets a haven in likely stagflationary environment
An overweight position in real assets and private equity, and an underweight to equities and bonds positioned the Ohio School Employees Retirement System for success in the last year but CIO Farouki Majeed is now even more convinced a stagflationary environment is likely and is positioning the fund accordingly.
New Jersey flags hedge fund benefits in volatile times
New Jersey Investment Division has found shelter in its hedge funds allocation during recent market turmoil. But the investment division's challenges are underscored by a recent report placing it in the bottom 10 state-wide plans for funded ratio - and holding onto a higher than average ARR.
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