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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A view that the US stock market is overvalued and equity risk premia will be lower over the long term has driven New Zealand Super to lower the return expectations for its reference portfolio following its recent five-yearly review of the benchmark. Co-chief investment officer Brad Dunstan also flags underweight commodity exposure as an area to address and explains why the fund remains sceptical of illiquidity premia despite seeing a growing case for private markets.
CalSTRS will double the ranges of its active/passive global equities allocations in a bid to enable investment staff to allocate funds tactically across active and passive rather than be forced to rebalance to strategic asset allocations. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Associate director at RogersCasey, Carolyn Cross examines the SEC-approved money market fund reforms, which aim to bolster liquidity, increase credit quality, and improve the flexibility and transparency of operations to ensure money market funds can weather the next crisis, summarising key provisions of the new rules and how they impact investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
This latest research by MSCI Barra Research analyses the equity allocations of European institutional investors, arguing the practice of separating international equities allocations into regional mandates at a strategic level “deserves a thorough rethink” mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The investment committee of the New Mexico Public Employees Retirement Association approved a domestic equities restructure at a meeting last week. Amanda White spoke with the two joint acting CIOs, Joelle Mevi and Julian Baca, about the changes to the portfolio and the plans for the year including a fixed income and international equities review.
Liquidity is the paramount risk factor for institutional investors to be cognisant of according to Ben Golub, vice chairman and chief risk officer, Blackrock who has co-authored a new paper outlining the risks learned from the credit crisis. He spoke to Amanda White about the suitable internal structure for institutional risk management and the risk
New research by Russell Investments’ co-chair of global investing, Don Ezra and senior lecturer at the Australian National University, Geoff Warren, presents a framework for deciding when to choose an alternative to passively investing in capitalisation-weighted indices within any particular asset class, and highlights how the debate over active versus passive investing needs to be
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