Nick Wade from Northfield and the Curious Quant discuss the impact of COVID on risk modeling frameworks, assumptions, and how the recent movements in asset markets may or may not impact the short and long-term assumptions of asset owners.
COVID Popup Podcast: Curious Quant and Nick Wade discuss if risk models have something to say about pandemic risk.
The ‘space economy’ is a legal and literal vacuum for investors
The looming SpaceX IPO has put the spotlight firmly on the so-called ‘space economy’, but asset owners have been urged to exercise caution about investing in a sector that still resembles the wild west, with no legal or governance framework to protect capital. That’s not to say money will not be made, but it might not be in the areas investors first expect.
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CalSTRS’ Ailman talks GFC, climate risk and worrying levels of US debt
After 23 years in charge, CalSTRS departing CIO Chris Ailman has more stories from the investment frontline than most. He shares personal recollections of the GFC, his fears of the scale of the climate emergency and why worrying levels of US debt hold new risk and opportunity for investors.
Brunel keeps wary eye on markets and raises manager reporting duties
In a recently published review, Brunel Pension Partnership vows to “turn the screws” on managers and its holdings via increased RI expectations and warns that rosier economic forecasts of lower interest rates and tamed inflation may not come true.
Global Pension Transparency Benchmark makes process improvements
The Global Pension Transparency Benchmark, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and CEM Benchmarking, ranking pension funds globally on their transparency of disclosures, will make a number of process improvements to the 2024 survey.
PGGM revamps fixed income; focuses on liquidity
PGGM's Wilfried Bolt explains how the end of quantitative easing (QE) has changed the asset manager's hedging strategy and prompted a keen focus on liquidity. He also explains the rationale behind managing more of the corporate bond allocation in house.
Investors need to face up to commodity realities in the energy transition
Commodities are at the heart of the energy transition, impacting both the coming structural decline of fossil fuels and the demand for the new economy critical materials. But the reality is that many investors are reluctant to talk openly about commodities because of the negative perceptions of the sector.




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