Sarah Rundell, Author at Investment Magazine

CIO profiles

Dutch pension giant APG’s view on accelerated change

APG’s CIO Peter Branner explains how the pandemic has accelerated key trends already underway around digitisation, central bank policy and action to combat climate change. It all points to fierce competition for private assets .

Sarah RundellJanuary 11, 2021

Investment Strategy

Next level monetary policy to permeate everything in 2021: Bridgewater

Central Banks have move to a policy regime where fiscal stimulus is an even bigger lever with short-term interest rates in the US likely to will remain on hold at least through to 2023, Bridgewater's Rebecca Patterson has said.

Sarah RundellDecember 16, 2020

ESG

Collaboration needed to up sustainability ante

Investors need to collaborate for systemic change, a discussion involving asset owners and sustainability experts has highlighted. Investors need to work with government, enshrine beliefs and educate beneficiaries on the importance of sustainability.

Sarah RundellAugust 26, 2020

Investment Innovation - Brought to you by Franklin Templeton

Railpen and Nest warn on cyber risk

Two of the United Kingdom’s largest pension funds have launched a guide to cyber risk for asset owners highlighting key cyber dangers asset owners should watch, and rules of engagement with investee companies and reticent asset managers.

Sarah RundellNovember 22, 2019

Investment Innovation - Brought to you by Franklin Templeton

How to build innovation

Innovation is more important than ever given the uncertain and ambiguous times that lie ahead for institutional investors like climate change, political dysfunction and poor returns. “Returns can only come from an ecosystem that works and we need innovation to do this,” said Roger Urwin, global head of investment content, Willis Towers Watson speaking at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Cambridge University.

Sarah RundellNovember 22, 2019

Global Macro Shifts - Brought to you by Franklin Templeton

Denmark’s Sampension favours CLOs

Sampension, the DKK325.6 billion labour-market Danish pension fund has found a rich seam investing in AAA-rated CLOs where it earns a pick-up from traditional fixed income in loans with low default rates. The head of credit Anders Tauber Lassen says the fund feels "quite comfortable taking this type of risk".

Sarah RundellNovember 6, 2019

Global Macro Shifts - Brought to you by Franklin Templeton

More work needed on climate integration

There has been widespread adoption and more board engagement since the launch of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations in 2017 but more work is needed to get a uniform and comparable approach to climate change disclosure across the investment community.

Sarah RundellSeptember 30, 2019

Global Macro Shifts - Brought to you by Franklin Templeton

Rediscovering fixed interest at Nebraska

The $27 billion Nebraska Investment Council is conducting a deep dive into its fixed income portfolio, inviting up to 25 current and potential external managers to pitch their best ideas. The process begins by wiping any preconceived notions around the allocation’s role in the overall portfolio and justifying its place as if from scratch. It ends two years later with the issuing of mandates.

Sarah RundellJuly 22, 2019

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