Lorne Johnson | Regime shifts, rule-based frameworks and the humbling of the markets

In episode 91, Alex Proimos speaks with Lorne Johnson, managing director and director of institutional solutions at QMA (a PGIM company).

This episode covers the market regimes and policy uncertainty and how to allocate based on assumptions of growth, inflation, and interest rates. We discuss how to manage a portfolio during a period of high convexity in interest rates, the suppression of volatility by central banks and asset correlations higher than in history. Finally, we talk about the role of leverage and hedging in portfolios and the importance of a portable alpha overlay.

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‘Crazy’ to bet against US, AI momentum: CFS Super CEO

While the US is becoming an increasingly chaotic force in geopolitics, and valuations around its technology companies are called into question, CFS Super chief executive Kelly Power said investors going against these forces would be fighting a losing battle. Listen to her conversation with Conexus Financial founder and managing director Colin Tate on the sidelines of the historic Australian Superannuation Investment Summit last week.

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