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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Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny

Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny

As Finland's pension funds prepare to increase their equity allocations to unprecedented levels compared to global peers, they must also navigate a new and unfamiliar risk. Elo's chief investment officer Jonna Ryhänen explains the fund's investment approach going forward and how it will manage stakeholder and media scrutiny as they react to swinging volatility and returns.

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Risk levels at discretion of AP7 as more ‘alpha centres’ added

AP7, the default fund within Sweden’s PPM system, is in for a shake-up with a raft of changes set to take effect in May next year. Kristen Paech talks to chief investment officer Richard Grottheim about the fund’s new remit and how its portfolio is tracking. As the global crisis hits home, many pension funds

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Malaysian investments favour domestic, cross-border strategies

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CalPERS flooded with consultant RFPs after changes to wish-list

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Pension Provision and the Economic Crisis

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Endowment model endures despite alternatives pain: Cambridge

As Harvard Management Company (HMC) begins shedding 25 per cent of its workforce after incurring a 22 per cent loss since the beginning of the financial year, its investment consult, US firm Cambridge Associates, says the “endowment model” is not impaired. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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