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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PGGM is preparing to build out the third element to its impact strategy targeting biodiversity. By focusing on food and the circular economy, PGGM aims to create most impact at home. Top1000funds.com looks at the fund's impact journey.
Keith Ambachtsheer has been recognised for his leadership in the pension industry, receiving the CFA Institute’s award for professional excellence, and in doing so joins an elite group of investment professionals.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
After deciding at the last investment committee meeting to employ a new way of evaluating portfolio risk which overlays risk across asset classes, rather than replacing asset classes with risk categories, CalSTRS now just has to work out how to do it. Amanda White spoke with chief investment officer Chris Ailman about the fund’s journey
The National Pension Service of Korea will outsource 26 trillion Korean won – the equivalent of $23 billion – to external funds managers this year as it moves towards its 2015 strategic asset allocation which will see a dramatic increase in equities and alternatives.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
One of the world’s most innovative and progressive companies, Apple, is the target of lobbying by CalPERS, demonstrating that dropping mandatory majority voting in director elections from the final version of the Dodd-Frank Act, hasn’t deterred shareowners from taking the matter into their own hands.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The time for ideological argument was over, said the chair of the Stronger Super Committee, Paul Costello, and the industry should work constructively to implement the Australian Government’s response to the Cooper Review.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
As evidence emerges that pension best-practice increasingly manifests in mega-funds, mergers to capitalise on the benefits of economies of scale abound. Amanda White looks behind the scenes of the roll-in of the $3.4 billion state-based Westscheme into the $37 billion AustralianSuper, and finds it’s not as glamorous as it sounds.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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