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FIS Stanford 2025

Managing fat tails and risks in the face of contradictory signals

Global investors face the difficult task of setting asset allocation in an environment where the global macro-economic backdrop suggests chaos and downside risk but markets continue to perform strongly.

Simon HoyleSeptember 17, 2025

FIS Stanford 2025

Risk takers vs scalers: Investors split on where to access innovation

Lachlan MaddockSeptember 17, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Behind Norges’ search for pure alpha

Amanda WhiteJune 4, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Future AI winners will command hardware, training data power

Darcy SongJune 4, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

US-China war the only real threat to portfolios: Kotkin

Darcy SongJune 3, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline

Policy uncertainty over issues such as US tariffs put investors in uncharted territory, but the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard that one guiding principle at such moments is not to make big, risky bets.

Darcy SongJune 3, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Post-Liberation Day regime will attack portfolio weaknesses: Bridgewater

Bridgewater's co-CIO Karen Karniol-Tambour warned that many investors have built up significant vulnerabilities in their portfolios over the past 15 years, in a period defined by steady growth and US exceptionalism. But the post-Liberation Day regime will be much less favourable for traditional portfolios.

Darcy SongJune 2, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Mental health issues in focus at Denmark’s Velliv

Denmark’s Velliv Association, the governance entity behind member-owned commercial pension fund Velliv, explained why a society where workers' mental health needs are looked after is better for pension funds and their liabilities.

Darcy SongJune 2, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Alpha alone does not pay pensions – total returns do

Pension fund members in retirement want the sustainability of pension payments. OPTrust chief investment officer James Davis told the Top1000Funds Fiduciary Investors Symposium that a total portfolio approach is the best way to do that, and has been on a journey towards delivering it for the past 10 years.

Simon HoyleMay 28, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap

The short-term investment focus of venture capital investors and the withdrawal of government funding are opening the door to asset owners as providers of patient, long-term capital to fill an investment void, the Top1000funds.com Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.

Darcy SongMay 28, 2025

FIS Harvard 2025

TPA is in the eye of the beholder

Total portfolio approach is not a method, it’s a mindset, according to University of Toronto finance Professor Redouane Elkamhi. Also a senior advisor to HOOPP, Elkamhi said he would summarise TPA in one sentence: "How to be prepared for different market conditions."

Darcy SongMay 28, 2025

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FIS Stanford 2025

Managing fat tails and risks in the face of contradictory signals

FIS Stanford 2025

Risk takers vs scalers: Investors split on where to access innovation

FIS Harvard 2025

Behind Norges’ search for pure alpha

FIS Harvard 2025

Future AI winners will command hardware, training data power

FIS Harvard 2025

US-China war the only real threat to portfolios: Kotkin

FIS Harvard 2025

‘Don’t try to be a hero’: Volatility highlights the need for discipline

FIS Harvard 2025

Post-Liberation Day regime will attack portfolio weaknesses: Bridgewater

FIS Harvard 2025

Mental health issues in focus at Denmark’s Velliv

FIS Harvard 2025

Alpha alone does not pay pensions – total returns do

FIS Harvard 2025

Long-term investors can help break VC’s short-term trap

FIS Harvard 2025

TPA is in the eye of the beholder

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