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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The SEK 204 billion ($28 billion) Second Swedish National Pension Fund/AP2 has appointed its fourth chief investment officer in four years, as the fund reports its best annual return since inception. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
France’s €33 billion Sovereign Wealth Fund, the Fonds de Reserve Pour Les Retraites, has made four appointments to its independent manager selection committee tasked with reviewing all mandate bids by funds managers. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
This new research from the Pensions Institute at the Cass Business School studies the effect of decentralised investment management, including the use of multiple competing managers in specialist asset classes, on the risk and performance of pension funds. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Global head of climate change investment research at DB Climate Change Advisors, Mark Fulton, has a contrary view to most observers, post-Copenhagen. He spoke to Amanda White about the climate change market and the asset allocation implications for investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The performance of the hedging portfolio and a 43 per cent allocation to interest-rate sensitive bonds in the investment beta portfolio of the DKK352 billion ($65 billion) ATP were the main contributors to the group increasing pension reserves by one third last year. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Hedge funds, in aggregate, have generated positive alpha in the past 11 years. This finding, made by Roger Ibbotson, founder of Ibbotson Associates and Professor of Finance at Yale University, proves the strategies can resist powerful market declines but often fall short of providing absolute returns to investors. He spoke with Simon Mumme about the
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