FIS Toronto 2024

Looking past the hype to the real benefits (and risks) of AI

AI is on every investor’s lips as a technology that will revolutionise businesses and industries. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that looking past the hype to the tangible, on-the-ground benefits presents some genuine challenges for asset owners and the managers they often employ to do it for them.
Simon HoyleJune 12, 2024
FIS Stanford 2023

CPP takes a fundamentally different approach to equities

Amanda WhiteOctober 5, 2023
Equities

CalPERS reviews factor allocation

Sarah RundellOctober 3, 2023
Featured Story

Oregon’s OPERF charts progress in hedge fund overhaul

Sarah RundellAugust 3, 2023
Investor Profile

Switzerland’s rail fund SBB takes on more risk

Sarah RundellJuly 25, 2023
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Investor Profile

How CPP’s active equities team delivers pure alpha

The active equities team at CPP Investments has abandoned antiquated investment categorisations, such as style and size, and views companies through a more holistic “domain” interpretation. Global head Frank Ieraci discusses the team’s approach and the contributions it makes to the total fund, including capital efficiency, agility and pure alpha.
Amanda WhiteJune 15, 2023
Risk

Turmoil at Alecta as CEO fired and equity revamp promised

Alecta, Sweden’s biggest pension fund with $110 billion of assets under management, has fired its chief executive Magnus Billing following nearly $2 billion of losses incurred from last month’s US banking crisis. The pension fund is also beginning an enquiry into how it manages equity.
Sarah RundellApril 12, 2023
Investor Profile

NZ Super culls equities, focuses on impact

New Zealand Super has radically slashed the holdings in its passive equities portfolio as it re-aligns the portfolio with a Paris-aligned benchmark. It’s part of the fund’s shift to a sustainable finance focus which includes improving the fund’s already-good ESG profile and a more long-term future focus on impact investing.
Amanda WhiteDecember 15, 2022
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