Gideon Smith: Fundamentals and the golden age for quants

I chat with Gideon, CIO & global head of portfolio management at Rosenberg Equities, on data playgrounds, hubris and the exciting future for quantitative investing.

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Border to Coast hunts strategic partners as private markets set to surge

Border to Coast hunts strategic partners as private markets set to surge

The UK’s LGPS pool, £120 billion ($161 billion) Border to Coast, is hunting for strategic relationships with asset managers and global asset owners as it prepares to invest £40 billion in private markets. Chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Top1000funds.com about the fund's approach to finding long-term partnerships in the market.

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Turmoil at Alecta as CEO fired and equity revamp promised

Alecta, Sweden’s biggest pension fund with $110 billion of assets under management, has fired its chief executive Magnus Billing following nearly $2 billion of losses incurred from last month’s US banking crisis. The pension fund is also beginning an enquiry into how it manages equity.

AP2 returns active Chinese equities back to quant

AP2, Sweden’s SEK 400 billion ($38.8 billion) buffer fund, recently divested its allocation to three Chinese asset managers overseeing an allocation to China A shares despite spending many years carefully building up the successful stock picking portfolio.

Oregon’s core real estate revamp pays off

A large allocation to core real estate and separately-managed accounts, which have improved alignment and allowed significant fee savings, plus a strategic pivot to multi-family and industrial exposure, has all paid off at Oregon.

Reversal of investment themes demands investors change their assumptions

Investors are currently facing the end of uncertainty around assumptions they have made for decades, and need to shore up their portfolios with greater inflation protection, more active management, and by fostering innovation, according to chief strategist at the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario, Nick Chamie who spoke to Amanda White in the Fiduciary Investors Series

Brunel’s responsible investment expertise helps cut management fees

Brunel is saving almost four times the costs it incurs thanks to the management fees it is able to negotiate because of its responsible investment expertise. It’s making cost savings of £34 million per year, two years ahead of its initial target of saving £27.8 million a year by 2025.

Return targets a challenge due to high inflation, low risk premiums

High inflation and low risk premiums are making it difficult for asset owners to meet their return targets, according to the investment heads of several major global funds who participated in the 2023 CIO Sentiment Survey.

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