I speak with my a great voice of independent research in London on the topics of using alternative data for FX and macro research for quantitative strategies. We talk a lot about Saeed’s well known work in macro-economics, in FX research, as well as his well known and regarded book.
Michael Pettis on China’s overinvestment paradox, and the Japan-style reckoning still to come
China's advanced infrastructure and ballooning debt are two sides of the same story, says Carnegie Endowment nonresident senior fellow Michael Pettis, who compares China's coming consumption-led rebalancing to Japan's in the 1980s. In conversation with Top1000funds.com Asia Pacific correspondent Darcy Song, Pettis unpacks what this means for institutional investors weighing China exposure over multi-decade horizons, and why he remains bearish on the country's outlook.
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Alexander Fleiss: Humility and mean reversion
I chat with Alexander, CEO at Rebellion Research, on stock selection, portfolio construction and his passion for teaching. Nothing on this podcast is to be considered investment advice or a recommendation. No investment decision or activity should be u
TCorp launches sustainability bond
The investment arm of one of Australia’s state governments, TCorp, has issued a A$1.8 billion sustainability bond reflecting the appetite of investors which are increasingly hungry for bonds that are issued to fund social and environmental projects.
Biomedicine’s long and risky road
Startlingly few institutional investors have allocations to life sciences. An informal poll of 85 asset owners from 20 countries responsible for a combined $9 trillion assets under management gathered at the Fiduciary Investors’ Symposium at Harvard University, found only a tiny handful active in the sector. Yet allocating to biotech makes an important contribution to society - investing in the sector can help change lives.
CalPERS hunts for third pillar PE teams
CalPERS is conducting searches for outside partners to run its new Pillar III private equity program focused on venture capital investment in life sciences, technology and healthcare.
EU must overhaul pensions; fees to blame
It’s well and good for policy makers to insist on saving earlier and for longer, but when all is said and done, pension funds simply too often underperform capital markets, and this is, by and large, due to excessive fees and commissions. The EU needs to take a closer look, argues president of Better Finance, Axel Kleinlein.
Railpen and Nest warn on cyber risk
Two of the United Kingdom’s largest pension funds have launched a guide to cyber risk for asset owners highlighting key cyber dangers asset owners should watch, and rules of engagement with investee companies and reticent asset managers.
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