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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Returns, resilience and reinvention: What private markets’ top brass are worried about

Returns, resilience and reinvention: What private markets’ top brass are worried about

Senior executives from some of the world's largest private market managers gathered in Berlin this month with a collective understanding: managers who move slowly on AI face not just weaker returns but the risk of owning businesses that have been competitively displaced before they can exit.

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Rebalancing not so simple with diverse beta sources

Simple reblancing of portfolios back to strategic ranges after a market rise or fall is not as simple as you may think, according to a research note from brokers Morgan Stanley. The new investment required after a fall may be surprisingly large.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Major asset allocation review for $15b Thai fund

The $15 billion Thai Government Pension Fund is looking at a major asset allocation shift, having ridden out the financial crisis with a massive and fortuitous overweighting to bonds. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

GMO says QE2 set to hit shoals

On the eve of an anticipated second round of quantitative easing – QE2 – a number of commentators, including GMO’s Jeremy Grantham, have criticised Fed’s policy as a large net negative to the production of a healthy, stable economy. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

A 22-year love affair transforms KIC

Everyone asks Scott Kalb, the chief investment officer for the $37 billion Korean Investment Corporation, how he got the job. Scott, as his name suggests, is not Korean. Well, it’s a long story.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

GIC adopts dynamic asset allocation

The Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) has made changes to its investment policy introducing a ‘facility for medium-term strategy with regard to asset allocation’, as its allocation to developed market equities increase from 28 to 41 per cent in the past financial year.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

Five big issues for all pension funds

The academic world has not really been attracted to the pension fund world as a field of study. Most academic research, by a wide margin, usually goes into the workings of the capital markets rather than the workings of the pension fund participants in those markets.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3

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