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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GIC signals five emerging markets for future growth
The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has signalled a further shift towards selected emerging markets and to private markets, in its annual report published last week.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Roller-coaster ride for US corporate plan funding
While US corporate pension funds enjoyed their best month this year, in September, they remain chronically under-funded, according to the latest figures from Mercer Investment Consulting.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalPERS punishes BlackRock for Stuy Town disaster
Another page has turned in the history of the Stuyvesant Town – Peter Cooper Village apartment buildings in New York, as iconic as they have been controversial since their initial construction in the 1940s. CalPERS, America’s largest pension fund, has terminated BlackRock, one of its property managers which led a 2006 purchase of the 80-acre
HOOPP ‘healthy’ building to reduce energy by 50 per cent
The Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) Realty-owned AeroCentre V opened in Mississauga this week, a cutting edge “healthy” office building with features that include windows that open, and natural light that will help will reduce energy consumption 35-50 per cent. Click here to read more.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3




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