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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Time to mend relationships in investment management

A new KPMG report, ‘Renewing the promise: Time to mend relationships in investment management”, shows the investment management industry should work to rebuild trust with investors through a ‘back-to-basics’ client relationship approach, increase knowledge sharing, and bolster corporate governance and risk management transparency. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Alpha under threat if organisational risk ignored

ReGroup is one of four firms providing resources to CalPERS as it embarks on its governance/risk management initiative. President and chief executive of the firm, Ann Oglanian, speaks with Amanda White about risk management best practice and how pension funds can initiate organisational risk management change. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Calm in the face of adversity

Having moved its strategy to a more defensive position in the lead up to the global financial crisis, Cbus, the A$13 billion (US$10.4 billion) Australian pension fund for the construction and building industry, is preparing to put risk back on the table. Kristen Paech talks to investments and governance manager, Trish Donohue about how the

Infrastructure investments: down but far from out

Tony Rocker, partner global head of infrastructure funds at KPMG in the UK, reviews infrastructure funds in light of the current market downturn and concludes that, with a little realism and improved transparency, the sector can look forward to a sound future. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Taiwan fund manages large offshore search

The NT$700 billion ($21 billion) Taiwanese Labor Pension Fund is tendering for Asia ex-Japan and global equities mandates, with a combined asset value of $1.2 billion, for its new and old pension funds in what is the first overseas discretionary search for this year. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

KIC partners with Australian, Malaysian sovereign peers

South Korea’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the $25 billion Korea Investment Corporation (KIC), has signed cooperation agreements with Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) and Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional Berhad to share resources and pursue investments with the government-owned entities. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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