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.
PMT talks infra equity and how to balance stock concentration risk
Scenario testing has put inflation risk front and centre at PMT, the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, and it's driving the investor to take stock of the inflation protection it gets from infrastructure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, chief investment officer Hartwig Liersch unpacks the risk, as well as another initiative where it's balancing concentration risk in the equity allocation without hurting returns.
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Finnish fund Elo’s CIO reveals portfolio plans
Hanna Hiidenpalo, Elo’s CIO discusses progress around internal management, the impact of Finnish equities on the portfolio, and the fund’s sustainability program which includes a target of carbon-neutral energy use in direct real estate by 2027.
UN pension fund flags climate risk on ALM and performance
In a nod to headwinds including climate change, evolving demographics, and the future economic outlook the $85.5 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund will use a slightly lower real rate of return to inform its upcoming actuarial valuation with the 2023 ALM scenario planning focusing on climate risk.
MN: A new private debt allocation that integrates ESG
Fixed income at fiduciary manager MN will now include private debt. Markus Schaen explains the challenges of building out the portfolio alongside MN's client funds' strict ESG priorities. He also explains how for some ESG-conscious investors ESG integration and impact is more important than outperformance.
Thames Water: A lesson in infrastructure valuations
Careful consideration of trends in Thames Water's cost of capital and volatility, calculated using an appropriate risk model, would have anticipated the operator's financial difficulties. The failure to recognise the loss in value at the right time raises the question of how to value this type of asset.
Politicisation of ESG a ‘constructive dialogue’: Mercer’s Rich Nuzum
The discourse around ESG investing may be “messy” but Mercer’s global chief investment strategist, Rich Nuzum, says media and political scrutiny can help sharpen the focus of pensions and sovereigns on their objectives and duties.
Why transparency is a strategic initiative for Norway’s SWF
Norway’s giant sovereign wealth fund took out the top spot in this year’s Global Pension Transparency Benchmark. Amanda White talks to CEO of Norges Bank Investment Management, Nicolai Tangen, about why transparency is important and why under his leadership Norges aims to be the best fund in the world.
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