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.
Silver is the new gold: France’s UMR targets opportunities in ageing economy
French pension organisation UMR has launched a multi-asset thematic program that will target opportunities in Europe’s ageing economy. It’s part of a broader strategy to increase diversification in private markets where it sees secondary markets as an increasingly important tool.
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Private engagement dominates results for CalPERS
Private engagement has more influence on company behaviour and performance a new study of CalPERS’ corporate governance reveals. Analysis by Wilshire Associates has found that because privately engaged companies are more receptive to reform and move more quickly to better governance standards, the turnaround in their stock performance is quicker. It found that the turnaround
Australian contributions increase shifts retirement burden
The increase in the Australian superannuation guarantee (SG) from 9 to 12 per cent of salary is an example of how the retirement savings burden, a global phenomenon, can be shifted from the public to private sectors, according to senior partner at Mercer, David Knox. The increase in the SG, which has been approved in
Why you should take notice of what we write
New research released this month gives impetus to the evidence that newspaper articles can predict aggregate future stock returns. Conducted by Professor of Finance at the University of St Gallen in Switzerland, Manuel Ammann, it examines articles in the German finance paper, Handeslblatt, from July 1989 until March 2011, and overall found that “newspaper content
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