Fantastic conversation with Igor Halperin around the application of reinforcement learning into forecasting problem, and the limits to data and understanding the world.
LPPI: Keeping AI risk in check
As the risk of an AI bubble grows, LPPI's Richard Tomlinson reflects on how the LGPS pool manages and measures AI exposure. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, he also explains how he has been moulding the fund's investment structure to be fit for a post-LGPS reform future.
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‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline
Policy uncertainty over issues such as US tariffs put investors in uncharted territory, but the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that one guiding principle at such moments is not to make big, risky bets.
Post-Liberation Day regime will attack portfolio weaknesses: Bridgewater
Bridgewater's co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour warned that many investors have built up significant vulnerabilities in their portfolios over the past 15 years, in a period defined by steady growth and US exceptionalism. But the post-Liberation Day regime will be much less favourable for traditional portfolios.
Mental health issues in focus at Denmark’s Velliv
Denmark’s Velliv Association, the governance entity behind member-owned commercial pension fund Velliv, explained why a society where workers' mental health needs are looked after is better for pension funds and their liabilities.
Institutional investors pressure Elon Musk to get back to work
In a ratcheting up of investor pressure, Tesla shareholders including prominent European and US pension funds have this week demanded that Elon Musk dedicate at least 40 hours a week to managing the EV company. They also called on it to address “deficiencies in the board’s oversight of company leadership".
Alpha alone does not pay pensions – total returns do
Pension fund members in retirement want the sustainability of pension payments. OPTrust chief investment officer James Davis told the Top1000Funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium that a total portfolio approach is the best way to do that, and has been on a journey towards delivering it for the past 10 years.
Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap
The short-term investment focus of venture capital investors and the withdrawal of government funding are opening the door to asset owners as providers of patient, long-term capital to fill an investment void, the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.
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