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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Florida romps in for its retirees
The $109 billion Florida Retirement System has returned its best fiscal year return for 25 years, as the fund prepares to combine its foreign and domestic equities investments.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Keynesians and Austrians slug it out in debate
There are two very different schools of thought on how to exit from the economic crisis. Rob Prugue, senior managing director from Lazard Asset Management Asia Pacific, discusses what investors need to understand from these two diverging economic views. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Towers Watson names top 8 challenges for decade
Improving risk management practices and allocation of capital according to risk drivers rank among the most important challenges for institutional investors to overcome in the next 10 years, according to Towers Watson.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Inflation in 2010 and beyond
The second paper by AQR examining inflation considerations in institutional asset allocation finds an equal risk-weighted portfolio performs better on average and is less dramatically affected by individual inflation and growth scenariosmrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
AP1 doubles alternatives
The Swedish AP1 will nearly double its alternatives allocation in the coming months with plans to invest up to $1.5 billion in hedge funds for the first time.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Hewitt Ennis Knupp nuptials redefine consulting
The acquisition of Ennis Knupp by Hewitt Associates, which will see the retirement of its founder Richard Ennis, is a defining moment in the investment consulting world, as clients demand the closer alignment of liability and asset management and greater attention to alternative asset research. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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