Scott Treloar: Skiing in Singapore and how to quantify investor skill

I chat with Scott, the CEO of Singapore-based Noviscient, about shape of the hedge fund industry and how to create better systematic allocation to funds using machine learning techniques. Reflecting on his career in Deutsche Bank in Asia and running his own statistical arbitrage fund, we discuss the pragmatic applications of quantitative methods and the use of AI in society.

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Macquarie: Deglobalisation the next inflection point in real assets

Macquarie: Deglobalisation the next inflection point in real assets

Global governments are partnering with private investors to boost their domestic infrastructure and become more self-sufficient in a geopolitically fragmented world, according to Ben Way, global head of Macquarie Asset Management, who said that constrained public balance sheets are increasingly reliant on private capital to meet their infrastructure needs.

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Transparency improvements but more work needed on cost disclosure

This year's GPTB scores reveals an improvement across all of the four value-generating measures of cost, governance, performance and responsible investment, but cost transparency remains a laggard.

How Railpen keeps illiquid asset allocation on track

New research on private markets at Railpen has produced a framework that focuses on scenario planning and the uncertainty inherent in illiquid investments taking account of “portfolio steerability”, allocation drift and the impact on short-term liquidity management resulting in a more dynamic approach.

Energy is the fundamental systemic risk

Tim Hodgson, co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, makes the case that energy is the metaphorical lifeblood of any system, and is therefore the fundamental systemic risk, and that this insight should inform how we go about our net-zero investing.

Why investors should integrate green revenues into portfolio construction

A recent paper from Singapore's GIC, FTSERussell and GMO explains why (and how) investors should integrate green revenues into their portfolio construction.

South Africa’s GEPF mulls proposed liquidity pressures

South Africa's pension funds may have to keep much more liquidity on hand if proposed legislation allows beneficiaries to access their retirement savings early. South Africa's GEPF ponders the implications for long-term investment.

Korea’s KIC accelerates move into alts to better manage volatility

Korea's KIC is accelerating its expansion into alternatives, targeting a quarter of the $169 billion fund in alts by 2025 in a bid to escape the volatility, macroeconomic and geopolitical risk that impacts the fund's traditional public markets allocation. Elsewhere, 'happiness management' is now integral to its recruitment practices.

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