NEST reflects on 2024: Timber and thematic equities signpost growth
NEST’s chief investment officer Liz Fernando reflects on the investor’s key milestones through 2024 and warns that returns will likely be lower ahead.
Why taking care of business means taking care of nature first
As universal owners, pension funds can’t diversify away from the risk that biodiversity loss poses to the companies they invest in. A global, co-ordinated effort to push for better policy settings is underway, and a growing number of investors are recognising that halting and reversing biodiversity loss is an issue that demands immediate
The stories that helped you do your jobs better in 2024
A look at the topics and subjects our readers found interesting in 2024. Investor Profiles on investment, governance and teams featured highly as asset owners figure out how to navigate an increasingly complex environment.
Investors spot key AI applications in portfolio management
AI can add value in almost every part of the investment process, including manager selection and monitoring and risk management, providing support in information gathering and analysis, sometimes from non-traditional and hard-to-access data sources, according to a new CFA Institute Research and Policy Center report.
ADIA builds out AI investment expertise to capture opportunities of future
ADIA has significantly increased its focus on technology and the use of AI, building out a quant research and development team of more than 100 people, and launching ADIA Lab which engages in applied research in data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and high-performance and quantum computing.
Can artificial intelligence (AI) help stewardship resourcing?
Jessica Gao, associate director of research at the Thinking Ahead Institute, outlines how asset owners can use AI to solve a growing resource gap in stewardship activities.
