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Canada places $1.9 trillion pension pool at heart of global capital pitch

Canada places $1.9 trillion pension pool at heart of global capital pitch

Canada will pitch the partnership with its mammoth pension pool as a key drawcard for global capital to invest in the nation, with Prime Minister Mark Carney set to host top brass from asset management giants at the inaugural Canada Investment Summit this week in the hopes of turning the country’s institutional maturity into an investment advantage.

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Biases: COVID-19 vaccines and investing in China

Liang Yin from the Thinking Ahead Institute examines omission bias as an explanation for vaccine resistance, and underweighting investments to China. He suggests a framework for overcoming this bias.

Examining the limits of modern portfolio theory

The definition of what it means to invest is changing, according to Jon Lukomnik and James P. Hawley, which means examining the limitations of the 75-year old legacy of modern portfolio theory.

CIO’s views on risk, cost and external partners revealed in annual survey

The latest annual CIO Sentiment Survey, a collaboration between Top1000funds.com and Casey Quirk, part of Deloitte Consulting, finds asset owners on track to hit return targets as risk on and active strategies reap rewards. Elsewhere, after consecutive years of cutting back on manager and consultant relationships, investors want more partners in 2021.

Letter to the editor

Keith Ambachtsheer responds to an article on the negotiations by CalSTRS' outgoing chief executive, Jack Ehnes, to achieve fully funded status by 2046.

Investment risk for long-term investors

Investors with long investment horizons should be looking at long-term risk in a different way argues Geoff Warren, including scoping out potential future ‘paths’ or states of the world.

Future Fund sceptical on correlations

The Future Fund, Australia’s A$226 billion sovereign wealth fund, has embarked on an ambitious project instigated during the crisis which includes re-examining its investment assumptions, risk tolerance and the way it allocates capital. Amanda White talks to the fund’s new CIO, Sue Brake about where the fund will be allocating in the future including alternatives and active management.

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