Retirement is a recent phenomenon in history and has acquired several preconceptions around a typical experience. This thought-provoking session explores the reality of ageing in the 21st century and the contemporary needs of members. After this session the question has to be asked, what will we call this conference next year?
Participant: Paul Gordon, Co Author Spenditude, Principal Aon’s smartMonday
Facilitator: Alex Proimos, head of institutional content, Investment Magazine
Length: 23 mins
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.
AI dominates today’s portfolios, but the failures will outweigh the successes without genuine active management argues Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Aziz Hamzaogullari.
Germany’s €70 billion pension provider VBL is increasing its diversification, notably investing in overseas real estate outside Germany for the first time. It's also increasing its tilt to international equities over European stocks, enabled by an organisational and investment process overhaul.
AI dominates today’s portfolios, but the failures will outweigh the successes without genuine active management argues Loomis, Sayles & Company’s Aziz Hamzaogullari.
UTIMCO measures its AI exposure via analysis of how investee companies have integrated the technology. It reveals a 5 per cent overweight to AI thanks mostly to hedge fund strategies and infrastructure. Meanwhile, the investor pointed to history to flag a likely reversal to the mean in global equity markets.
Scotland's Lothian Pension Fund's celebrated inhouse management affords active management at the price of passive and the ability to shape specific mandates with managers. It also positions the fund to lead on pooling - if pooling comes to Scotland's LGPS funds.
Stanford University’s Stephen Kotkin provides an insider’s view on the conflict in Iran, and explains why a US-China war remains the ultimate unpriceable risk event for investors. The celebrated geopolitical expert sat down with Conexus Financial’s Colin Tate at his office inside Hoover Tower.
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