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.
Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny
As Finland's pension funds prepare to increase their equity allocations to unprecedented levels compared to global peers, they must also navigate a new and unfamiliar risk. Elo's chief investment officer Jonna Ryhänen explains the fund's investment approach going forward and how it will manage stakeholder and media scrutiny as they react to swinging volatility and returns.
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Adapting To Change: How Hedge Funds May Benefit In A New Volatility Regime
Key Takeaways For most of the past decade, the hedge fund industry faced headwinds to generate alpha as subdued volatility led to fewer trading opportunities and a near-zero interest rate environment hindered the process of asset price discovery. Hedge fund industry performance displays a strong positive relationship between higher inflation and higher interest rate regimes.
An AI On The Future
Key Takeaways We believe generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has the potential to significantly alter both the economic and investment landscape—making it more than just hype. In our view, companies with the infrastructure to integrate AI with their existing platforms and businesses building crucial generative AI components appear well-positioned for early success. Despite risks ranging from
Seizing Late-cycle Opportunities
Key Takeaways Investors are contending with a lingering late-cycle macro backdrop with latent recession risks for the US economy and most developed markets. Rather than wait for the cycle to turn, the journey toward the destination of eventual growth or recessionary outcomes merits its own consideration. We believe that staying invested, keeping active and diversifying
Oregon’s OPERF charts progress in hedge fund overhaul
The $95.4 billion Oregon Investment Council has established anchor relationships in relative value, event-driven, and global-macro strategies, expanded the CTA portfolio, equally weighted managers, and is looking at additional multi-strategy funds. Meanwhile it is also restructuring its public equity allocation following a review of the portfolio and its managers.
NZ Super revamps factor portfolios, continues impact journey
NZ Super has revamped its multi-factor equities portfolios, working with its three external managers to integrate sustainability. Amanda White spoke to head of external investments, Del Hart, about the fine balance of meeting sustainability goals and finding factor alpha, and the next phase of the sustainability strategy: measuring investments for impact.
South Africa’s EPPF builds resilience in governance-focused strategy
South Africa's EPPF wants to increase its allocation to private equity and venture capital to help ride out volatility at home in a strategy where governance and stakeholder engagement is central. CEO Shafeeq Abrahams explains.




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