Does your portfolio have bad breadth? Choosing essential betas

In this article, Ed Peters, co-director of global macro at First Quadrant, Ed Peters, examines what markets, or betas, are essential to fully diversitfy a global portfolio, while still achieving long-term goals; and how breadth is often confused with diversification.

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Bureaucrats must be targeted on climate change: Mercer

Institutional investors need to get more serious in their engagement with policy makers by targeting specific people in environment departments and defining an action plan to tackle climate change risk, according to global head of research, responsible investment at Mercer, Danyelle Guyatt.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

US state funds all dire despite allocations: Wilshire

There is no connection between asset allocation and the funding level of US state retirement systems, according to Wilshire’s 16th annual survey of the funds, which reported a dire funding situation for 99 per cent of plans.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Chinese landing could be hard … or soft

One of the more interesting numbers behind the last Chinese GDP growth headline figure is the proportion of that growth which is due to domestic demand. Fiduciary investors have been getting set for the domestic demand theme in China for some time, of course. Well, it’s here in a big way.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2

Rotman school launches governance program…

Enhancing board effectiveness and governance of pension funds and other “long-horizon investment institutions” is the focus of a new program at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

… while CFA Institute publishes trustee guide book

The CFA Institute has published “A Primer for Investment Trustees”, a free publication to educate trustees on governance, investment policy, investment objectives and risk tolerance using simple laymen’s terms.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Private equity moves to centre-stage

Tomas Hricko, product manager at global private equity fund-of-funds manager, Adveq, tells Amanda White why private equity should be the core of an institutional investor’s portfolio, not a satellite.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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