I chat with Paul on derivative pricing, the application of mathematics within financial services and the implications for society due to AI.
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GIC has further refined its total portfolio approach by moving to a strategic portfolio focused on underlying factors that drive returns. Split between equities, fixed income and real assets, the revision means the fund can move more easily between private and public exposures and nimbly between asset classes.
As covenants in US and European private credit become weakened from an increasing flow of lending capital, asset allocators and managers are eyeing Asia as the next frontier due to its relatively untapped yet sizable market. At FIS Singapore, investors unpacked the region's complexity premium and why a local approach is essential.
While China was mainly a beneficiary rather than a participant of previous industrial revolutions, it now believes it can lead the next one, and the US will have to work hard to catch up to its extraordinary capacity and speed for development.
The outperformance of APAC equities in 2025 has reignited interest among asset owners in allocating towards the region, but Franklin Templeton's investment strategist Christy Tan argues the investment case for APAC has shifted from a tactical to a structural buy. She unpacks the reasoning in conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song.
The principles of high-performance leadership – whether in business or sport – remain remarkably consistent and include the ability to maintain clarity, integrity, and conviction under immense pressure. Former Australian test cricketer Usman Khawaja told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the only time you really lose is when you stop trying.
Allocators are interrogating their private markets investments more rigorously as institutional investors question whether unlisted asset classes are entering an era of “true alpha” where managers skills are put to test. This trend is especially salient in private equity, and at FIS Singapore, asset owners and managers weighed the thesis around the asset class.
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