Prof Rob Hyndman: Forecasting COVID, time-series, and why causality doesnt matter as much as you think.

Prof Rob Hyndman discusses the interesting elements of his work as editor of the Internal Journal of Forecasting, his work on forecasting COVID for the Australian government, time-series and causality. 

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Sampension: Why there are many reasons to be optimistic

Sampension: Why there are many reasons to be optimistic

Now is not the time to reduce risk, argues Henrik Olejasz Larsen, chief investment officer of Sampension, Denmark’s $50 billion pension fund for public and private sector employees. In an interview with Top1000funds.com, he says corporate profits have not deteriorated, and although the market has been tested from multiple directions, the underlying optimism driving equities is strong enough to overrule the negative impact of geopolitical risk.

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Equities lose out to bonds for Europe’s sustainable investors

Bonds are the favoured asset class at 53 per cent among European sustainable and responsible investors with equities dropping to 33 per cent, according to a Eurosif SRI report.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Norway aims for ‘green’ returns

The Norwegian government is trying to balance financial returns with sustainable development in regulating the GPFG, and the possibility of applying this model to other sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) and institutional investors in general. In this paper for the University of Oslo, Adjunct Professor Anita Halvorssen argues that sustainable development needs to be included in

Tail risk hedging should be part of broader strategy

With bond yields at historic lows, particularly in the US, pension funds have been searching for new forms of downside protection to reduce tail risk, boosting demand for certain types of hedge funds in the process. In the US, too, where demand is invariably met by a quick supply of new products, specialist ‘tail-risk funds’

Endowment funds turn to alternatives

Foundation and endowment funds are allocating the largest percentage of alternatives to their portfolios, with public funds coming second ahead corporate plans in third place.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

The case for a new look at global benchmarks

Indexes are important for pension funds. They benchmark the fund’s performance against goals and peers. They allow the fund’s managers to be measured and often times they decide the managers’ remuneration. You would think, then, that there must be a lot of science behind their use.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Asia Pacific funds passport gathers momentum

State Street has thrown its weight behind the proposal for the Asian Pacific region to collaborate on development of an ‘Asian Funds Passport’ to facilitate the growth of locally domiciled managed funds.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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