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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Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come

China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.

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Canadian funds shine in transparency benchmark

For the fourth year running, Canada is number one in the country rankings of the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark, according to the 2024 results. Each of the five Canadian funds in the benchmark are ranked in the top 11 funds globally.

Benchmark proves scrutiny on disclosure drives transparency improvements

Now in its fourth iteration, the Global Pension Transparency Benchmark shows that ongoing scrutiny of cost, governance, performance and responsible investing disclosures drives greater fund transparency.

How an iterative strategy shapes success at Baylor university endowment

David Morehead, chief investment officer of Baylor University endowment in Texas explains why he's concerned about too much diversification and why the rewards of interest rate cuts will be most keenly felt in small cap equities.

Making better decisions faster: AI makes its impact felt on investing

Making more accurate predictions is the key to investing successfully. AI is a tool well suited to this task, and while it’s already proving its worth in practice and even as major pension fund investors continue to roll it out, they recommend caution and setting out clear use cases.

Piecing together the impact investing puzzle

Ben Thornley, co-founder at Tideline, looks at how value creation practices bring a manager’s impact credentials into sharper focus, the strong positive correlation between impact and financial performance, and the role of allocators in incentivizing and enabling managers to deliver impact value.

PUBLICA builds alternatives through partnerships

In the latest development of its private market portfolio, Swiss pension fund PUBLICA is investing in infrastructure equity in a partnership with three other Swiss pension funds and Dutch pension investor APG.

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