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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Piecing together the impact investing puzzle
Ben Thornley, co-founder at Tideline, looks at how value creation practices bring a manager’s impact credentials into sharper focus, the strong positive correlation between impact and financial performance, and the role of allocators in incentivizing and enabling managers to deliver impact value.
PUBLICA builds alternatives through partnerships
In the latest development of its private market portfolio, Swiss pension fund PUBLICA is investing in infrastructure equity in a partnership with three other Swiss pension funds and Dutch pension investor APG.
Divestment and impact: Detailhandel pioneers participant engagement
Dutch fund Detailhandel takes participant engagement to a new level as it begins to integrate feedback and preferences from a three day beneficiary forum into investment strategy.
UTIMCO telegraphs opportunities in small caps ahead
Small caps have lagged returns in the S&P500 and stand to benefit most from rate cuts because of floating rate debt. It's why UTIMCO's chief Rich Hall forecasts investors opportunities ahead.
The complexity, limitation, evolution and liberation of climate benchmarks
Benchmarks are highlighted in the recent CFA Institute paper as among the historical norms that make investing in climate challenging. MSCI Institute’s Linda-Eling Lee talks about the complexities and evolution of climate benchmarks including the use of balanced scorecard-toolkits that are improving the technology.
GPIF stewardship report highlights power of engagement
Key findings from the GPIF's stewardship report finds engagement leads to more companies introducing KPIs and corporate Scope 3 emission reporting often results in companies reporting more emissions than they have.
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