I chat with Sean, senior quantitative analyst at Mine Super, on the scientific process, uncertainty and the changing relationship between academia and the private sector in Australia.
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The UK’s LGPS pool, £120 billion ($161 billion) Border to Coast, is hunting for strategic relationships with asset managers and global asset owners as it prepares to invest £40 billion in private markets. Chief executive Rachel Elwell speaks to Top1000funds.com about the fund's approach to finding long-term partnerships in the market.
The Harvard Management Company (HMC) is looking to fill 12 new IT positions across trading, risk and portfolio management in a move that strengthens its internal investment support structure even more. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The chief investment officer and senior investment professionals at the $88 billion Teacher Retirement System of Texas can earn up to 125 per cent of their base salary in performance compensation, under a new version of the fund’s pay rules. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
The $27.3 billion Tredje AP-Fonden (AP3) of Sweden has instituted a search for active fixed income managers to run portfolios of US, European and UK credit. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Pension funds in Australia allocate a higher proportion of assets to shares than pension funds in any other country, according to a survey which looked at the asset allocation of pension funds in selected OECD countries. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
In his editorial for the November/December issue of the Financial Analysts Journal, Richard Ennis confidently consigns the term “uncorrelated return” to the scrap heap of asset allocation lingo, reminding readers there is no free lunch in asset allocation, and that in order to collect the risk premium, investors must also bear the risk.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content
With a massive allocation to cash of 14 per cent and an underweight to domestic equities and real estate, the $21 billion South Carolina Retirement System Investment Commission is uniquely positioned as a liquid investor ready to pounce. Chief investment officer, Bob Borden, spoke to Amanda White about the advantages of coming to the diversification
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