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.
Finland’s Elo: Larger equity allocations promise new media scrutiny
As Finland's pension funds prepare to increase their equity allocations to unprecedented levels compared to global peers, they must also navigate a new and unfamiliar risk. Elo's chief investment officer Jonna Ryhänen explains the fund's investment approach going forward and how it will manage stakeholder and media scrutiny as they react to swinging volatility and returns.
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The marginal investor: thoughts from the edge
Getting past past performance In his top1000funds.com blog on outlying investment issues, Jack Gray Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Paul Woolley Centre for Capital Markets Dysfunctionality at the University of Technology, Sydney, contemplates the allure of past performance. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
CFA members vote on short selling rules
As the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ponders various alternative rules on an appropriate limit on short selling in distressed markets, a survey of members by the CFA Institute Centre for Financial Market Integrity shows the least preferred method is a ban on short selling in a particular security for the remainder of the day
ESG progress for large funds: USS
The £23 billion ($37.7 billion) Universities Superannuation Scheme is the UK’s second largest pension fund and a signatory to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment. Kristen Paech talks to the fund’s co-head of responsible investment, David Russell, about the role institutional investors are playing in effecting environmental, social and governance change. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1
Target date funds go to Washington
Last week, Professor of Finance at Griffith Business School at Griffith University, Michael E. Drew*, was the only academic invited to present at the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Labor Joint-Hearing on target date funds. He writes exclusively for conexust1f.flywheelstaging.com on his submission, which questions the conventional use of age-based approaches to
London Pensions Fund Authority’s opportunistic tilt
The £3.6 billion (US$5.9 billion) London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) chief executive, Mike Taylor, talks to Kristen Paech about the fund’s decision to suspend securities lending after the Lehman’s collapse, and some structural changes that have made it possible to invest on a more opportunistic basis. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2 scnative3
New York fund fulfills green promise with $200m Generation mandate
The $122 billion New York State Common Retirement Fund has allocated $200 million to Generation Investment Management, partly fulfilling the commitment made by New York State Comptroller, Thomas DiNapoli, in April last year to increase commitments to environmentally focused strategies across the whole portfolio by $500 million in three years. mrec4inarticleinline Sponsored Content scnative1 scnative2
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