In this episode, Alex Proimos, head of domestic content, Conexus Financial, chats with Veronica Klaus, general manager – investment consulting at Lonsec, about a range of topics including the advice gap, allocations for retirement, liquidity in private assets and income strategies for retirees.
Why sustainability pays for US timberland manager RMS
Alabama-based timber manager RMS has developed its own index to measure biodiversity in its forests. The move is in response to a jump in the number of asset owners asking biodiversity questions.
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Florida basks in sunny performance
The $109 billion Florida Retirement System Pension Plan remains in its rosy position as one of the US’ best performing funds, exercising its scale to effect with a total expense ratio of 32 basis points for the financial year 2009-10.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
QE2 not just another QE1
Following the Fed’s announcement of QE2 and the recent auction of 5-year TIPS that resulted in the first-ever negative yield issuance (-0.55%), AQR has updated its recent research series on inflation. This paper addresses the events which resulted in the first-ever negative yield TIPS issuance, discusses the future impact of government actions, and comments on
Skulls, financial turbulence and risk management
Based on a methodology introduced in 1927 to analyse human skulls and later applied to turbulence in financial markets, this study by Mark Kritzman and Yuanzhen Li, published in the Financial Analysts Journal, shows how to use a statistically derived measure of financial turbulence to measure and manage risk and to improve investment performance.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored
From the editor – November 2010
November 2010 In the first of a (brief) monthly video address editor of conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com, Amanda White, observes the common challenges facing institutional investors around the globe.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Climate-change investors damn US weakness
A group of more than 250 institutional investors has damned individual country national policies, particularly highlighting inadequacies in the US, as preventing more private capital flowing into climate change-related investments. The collaborative stance comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
Money managers snooker consultants: Ennis
Reflecting on 40 years in the investment industry, founder of Ennis Knupp & Associates and executive editor of the FAJ, Richard Ennis, tells Amanda White why the investment consulting industry is at risk of becoming a distribution arm for the money management industry.mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
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