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.
Prof Rob Hyndman: Forecasting COVID, time-series, and why causality doesnt matter as much as you think.
The twin forces rewriting the rules of investing
Portfolios built for the old world will be severely tested as emerging forces rewrite the rules of investing. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that geopolitical and macroeconomic upheaval, together with the disruption wrought by AI, should force asset owners to rethink the structure and composition of portfolios.
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Why bonds are not the answer: John Lewis
Like most defined benefit pension funds, the £2 billion (US$3.27 billion) John Lewis Partnership Pensions Trust is struggling to cope with the funding pressures resulting from the financial crisis. But as pension investment manager Andrew Chapman tells Kristen Paech, bonds are not the solution. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Time to rebalance, equities are back: McCaughan
Economic evidence is starting to show the US is emerging from recession, but the really good news, according to Jim McCaughan the chief executive of Principal Global Investors, is that credit is flowing again, which means a sustained recovery. Amanda White spoke to him about the implications for institutional investors. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
OMERS widens its scope to third-party offerings
The C$43 billion ($38 billion) Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) has been granted expanded powers by the Ontario government to provide third-party investment and pension administration services, and is at various stages of discussion with a number of plans to provide investment management services. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CalPERS officially alters asset allocation, reduces discretionary ranges
The $183 billion CalPERS board has made the first formal changes to its asset allocation targets since January 2008, increasing exposures to private equity and cash, and narrowing the discretionary ranges around all asset classes set in December last year. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Climate change and capital markets: A global opportunity
Tackling the social, environmental and economic risks presented by climate change will require one of the biggest public-private partnerships ever seen.
Parsimonious asset allocation
Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal and chair of Ennis Knupp & Associates, Richard Ennis, believes contemporary asset allocation schemes are becoming unwieldy for many decision makers because of the proliferation and splintering of investment categories, and advocates an approach that relies more on empirical evidence than on assumptions or intuition. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
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