Nick Wade: Driving from Beijing to Paris and stories in risk modelling

I chat with Nick, Director of Asia Pacific Marketing at Northfield Information Services, about the bubbles we live in socially, philosophically and professionally. Risk modelling has evolved to mirror active management and yet entails residual dogma and structural flaws in delivery and execution. In this fascinating conversation we unpack where AI will take financial services, the importance of time horizons and the better questions asset owners need to ask themselves in order to understand their portfolios.

Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be undertaken without first seeking qualified and professional advice.

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CPP, NBIM CEOs swap notes on leading through teams, not bureaucracy

CPP, NBIM CEOs swap notes on leading through teams, not bureaucracy

In a high-level exchange between two of the world's largest and most sophisticated asset owners, CPP Investments’ chief executive John Graham shared a leadership lesson with Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Nicolai Tangen: having an aligned senior team is one of the most critical things a leader can build. The two funds, which are consistently leaders in transparency, also exchanged playbooks on managing bureaucracy at large organisations.

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Why US funds can drive harder fee bargains

Many US fund sponsors believe they have not received fair value for the fees they paid to investment managers in recent years, a survey by Callan Associates found. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

CEM survey reveals private equity partnership details

CEM Benchmarking has completed a review of the private equity investments of 30 large pension funds globally, with an average of $935 million committed to private equity, revealing detail of their partnership structures, fees, and investment stages, timing and regions, and is now embarking on its first ever risk practices project. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1

PMT evaluates risk tool kit

Theo Jeurissen, chief investment officer of the Netherlands’ third largest pension fund, the €30 billion ($44 billion) PMT, talks to Kristen Paech about how the fund is re-assessing its risk frameworks post-crisis, and why a low tracking error is the cornerstone of the fund’s investment policy. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

More private equity funds abandoned

Only $38 billion was raised in private equity worldwide in the third quarter of 2009, the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2003, with the number of fund raisings abandoned more than tripling in a year, according to Preqin. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Mercer 2009 funding and credit balance report

Principal at Mercer, Craig Rosenthal, was among the witnesses who gave testimony to the US House of Representatives Committee On Ways and Means, under the hearing “Defined Benefit Pension Plan Funding Levels and Investment Advice Rules” on October 1. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

UAE and Malaysia strengthen investment ties

In another deal struck in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) financial sector, the $25 billion Khazanah Nasional Berhad of Malaysia has bought a 25 per cent stake in Dubai Islamic investment firm Fajr Capital for $150 million. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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