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.
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.
Published in partnership with Blue Owl Capital. In this conversation, Top1000funds.com editor Amanda White spoke to Clarke about the credit cycle, the evolution of private credit, data centre financing, and what institutional investors should expect from their managers.
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