Fantastic conversation with Igor Halperin around the application of reinforcement learning into forecasting problem, and the limits to data and understanding the world.
PMT talks infra equity and how to balance stock concentration risk
Scenario testing has put inflation risk front and centre at PMT, the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, and it's driving the investor to take stock of the inflation protection it gets from infrastructure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, chief investment officer Hartwig Liersch unpacks the risk, as well as another initiative where it's balancing concentration risk in the equity allocation without hurting returns.
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Giant sovereign, pension funds re-think portfolios as market shifts
Speaking at Conexus Financial’s Fiduciary Investors’ Symposium held in Singapore, leaders from sovereign wealth funds in Singapore and Malaysia, along with United States pension giant CalSTRS, discussed how investors are viewing global macro risks and opportunities, and strategies they are considering to future-proof their portfolios.
The 80% outside China and the US must not surrender their agency
It is critical for stakeholders in all nations to find nuanced ways to navigate rising tension between the US and China, and not “surrender agency to the interests of great powers who are much more interested in a zero sum game of ascendancy,” argues Professor Danny Quah from NUS.
Look beyond the Western headlines to get real story about Chinese market
Investors in China need to look beyond the top-down narratives coming from foreign countries and media to dig up the true story of what’s really happening in the market, argued Lirong Xu, the Shanghai-based chief investment officer of Franklin Templeton Sealand Fund Management.
Scenario planning critical for investors as US-China tensions rise
Managing the rise of great power competition between the US and China, and not letting it “go off the rails,” is the epochal challenge of our day, according to former US National Security Council member Richard Falkenrath who is now head of geopolitics and chief security officer at Bridgewater Associates.
CalPERS weathers SVB hit; resilience and transparency pays
Norway's sovereign wealth fund and Sweden’s largest pension fund Alecta are among funds with heavy losses from the SVB collapse. For CalPERS, which only had a small exposure, the tumultuous weekend highlighted the importance of resilience and transparency with the team quick to identify exposures and provide analysis.
Appeal of cash will suck money from other asset classes in coming years
Cash is now a viable investment option for the first time in many years, and its appeal will draw money from other asset classes leading to poor performance both in financial assets and the real economy, according to Greg Jensen, co-chief investment officer at global investment management firm Bridgewater Associates.
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