The purpose of a pension fund
The Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Cambridge University brought together 115 investors from 15 countries to discuss the challenges and opportunities of long-term investment. Amanda White reports.
Partnering with purpose
Although the adoption of in-house teams is gaining momentum, fund managers argue that exorcising their knowledge from the investment equation is a potentially risky move
Running a risk system: moving from oversight, to insight
The implementation of a risk system requires significant investment and thinking across the business, but getting the right date to the right people at the right time can make all the difference to long-term outcomes
Institutional investors waiting to make an impact
Ten institutional investors met with representatives of GSAM to share ideas about global and local opportunities in impact investing
Protests underline ACSI’s importance
The strength of feeling on ESG issues from community members was demonstrated last week when protesters took the stage at ACSI’s conference
In-house investment: an unstoppable trend
Research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation has shown that while there are reasons to have some concern over the trend to move asset management in-house, many of those fears may be unfounded.
Super award-winner calls for super working group
ACSI’s Rising Star award winner to establish a working group of investment professionals to examine how to achieve an outcomes-based impact approach on investments
Carbon complacency in portfolios not an option
The shifting focus from a qualitative to quantitative analysis of risks and opportunities posed by climate change are a warning to super funds not to become complacent.
FIS raises questions for CIOs
Representatives of $1 trillion of assets have been provoked to question whether they have taken the right approach with complex portfolios, left-tail hedging strategies, ESG and disruption
Insights into portfolio positioning
UniSuper, HESTA & Colonial First State tell Amanda White how they are dealing with continued market volatility and slow economic growth
Potential despite lack of bond value
There is not a lot of value investing in developed market government bonds, but there is still a lot that investors can do with fixed income
Cbus’ approach to measuring risk
Being clear about why a risk system is needed, and having a governance structure that is able to support its integration, are two key findings Cbus has taken from implementing a risk system across its asset classes
