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.

Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be undertaken without first seeking qualified and professional advice.

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Texas ERS reallocates to managers to help navigate concentrated equity market

Texas ERS reallocates to managers to help navigate concentrated equity market

Texas ERS' CIO David Veal says the fund is re-allocating around a quarter of its public equity portfolio to external managers, away from the internal team. ERS plans to upsize with existing fundamental mandates but also allocate to new incremental relationships with diversifying strategies.

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Infrastructure: Adding value through ESG

Infrastructure investments face many and complex challenges including sustainability. This session looked at specific case studies of ESG in legacy infrastructure as well as the investor priorities with regards to green energy infrastructure.

Missouri PSRS/PEERS develops cost cutting private markets strategy

As Missouri PSRS/PEERS builds its 40 per cent allocation to private markets, CIO Craig Husting is slashing fees with a large private equity co-investment programme and an in-house direct credit lending allocation.

Asset owners push for better data in private markets

Investors discuss the role of private assets helping drive the transition and the data gathering process in private markets

Lessons in LDI: It can’t be managed on autopilot

Chaos in the UK gilt market has put LDI strategies under unprecedented pressure. Pension funds need to re-evaluate their hedging levels before the BofE removes support.

Kotkin: China bears may have been right about Western resilience

ESG-focussed investors are having a hard time justifying their China exposure to boards. They will need to develop new narratives if they want to stay in the China game, argues historian Stephen Kotkin.

Lack of outcomes shows organisations don’t value racial equity

The disparity between asset owners’ pronouncements on racial equity, and the extremely low number of diverse managers, shows diversity has yet to be embraced.

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