In this episode, Matt Smith, director of retail content, Conexus Financial, chats with Matt Raddy, chief executive of Allianz Retire +, about annuities, video conferencing and breaking the old rules around investment ideas.
The Austin advantage: Texas Teachers talks optimism, innovation and growth
Jase Auby, TRS's celebrated CIO, explains why TPA doesn't fit with its culture; why community push back on data centres could turn out to be an investor advantage, and argues the case for continuing to invest in fossil fuels. Top1000funds.com sat down with the CIO in his Austin office for an all-encompassing conversation.
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NBIM seeks long/short, market-neutral strategies amid volatility
Norway's NBIM is looking to allocate several mandates to single-country and regional long/short equity strategies in Australia, Japan, Europe, and the US. Top1000funds.com examines the growing investor interest in these strategies as market volatility and stock dispersion create fresh opportunities for active managers.
TPA’s flexibility keeps OPTrust focused on ‘the mission that matters’
With investment markets uncertain, being an investor with a global view and the flexibility to take advantage of opportunities has seen OPTrust “doing well”, its chief investment officer James Davis says. An evolution of its total portfolio approach keeps it focused on the key metric that matters to members.
Border to Coast: The problems with UK private equity
A new report published by the Border to Coast argues private equity fees and a lack of high-quality, UK-focused fund managers targeting the scale-up sector is impeding UK pension funds’ ability to invest in private equity.
Behind China’s ‘nation team’: The sovereign investors holding up the market
As aggressive US “Liberation Day” tariffs weighed on China’s stock market, Beijing rallied its most reliable financial market troops to stop its domestic equities from nosediving. This is the “national team”, a term loosely used to refer to government-affiliated funds including SWFs and state investment arms.
Malaysia’s Khazanah ramps up developed market bets
Malaysia's $34 billion Khazanah Nasional has been increasing its public and private equity exposure to developed markets for the past eight years. CIO Hisham Hamdan chats about the journey and the pivot away from the fund's traditionally emerging markets focus.
More funds consider TPA despite challenges
In January 2020, Roger Urwin laid down a call to action for asset owners and corporations to use the decade to drive greater wellbeing and wealth in the lives of their stakeholders. Now halfway through the decade, he reviews the state of play in this complicated picture.
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