In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Jason Brady, chief executive and president of Thornburg Investment Management, about a range of topics including dividends, bond yields and creating robust income in retirement.
Why traditional investment committees can amplify group biases
Investment committee meetings, a governance cornerstone at every asset owner organisation, run the risk of amplifying group biases and social dynamics, and can push the IC towards recommending more extreme investment positions collectively than the average of their individual views. Bernhard Scherer, head of portfolio implementation at ADIA, unpacks the thesis in a new paper.
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Serafeim: ESG differentiation is an opportunity for companies to lead
There are four fundamental aspects of driving change inside organisations: measurement, analysis, strategy and communication. Many companies have made the mistake of starting from the fourth step, and reporting is driving strategy, says business author and Harvard Business School professor, George Serafeim.
Infrastructure: Adding value through ESG
Infrastructure investments face many and complex challenges including sustainability. This session looked at specific case studies of ESG in legacy infrastructure as well as the investor priorities with regards to green energy infrastructure.
Missouri PSRS/PEERS develops cost cutting private markets strategy
As Missouri PSRS/PEERS builds its 40 per cent allocation to private markets, CIO Craig Husting is slashing fees with a large private equity co-investment programme and an in-house direct credit lending allocation.
Asset owners push for better data in private markets
Investors discuss the role of private assets helping drive the transition and the data gathering process in private markets
Lessons in LDI: It can’t be managed on autopilot
Chaos in the UK gilt market has put LDI strategies under unprecedented pressure. Pension funds need to re-evaluate their hedging levels before the BofE removes support.
Kotkin: China bears may have been right about Western resilience
ESG-focussed investors are having a hard time justifying their China exposure to boards. They will need to develop new narratives if they want to stay in the China game, argues historian Stephen Kotkin.
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