Abdiel Santiago, CEO and chief investment officer of the Fondo de Ahorro de Panama, Panama’s $1.5 billion sovereign wealth fund, is one of many CIOs watching from the sidelines as digital asset markets develop.
At CalPERS the rationale for investing in the energy transition is as compelling as it was for technology investors in the early 1990s, but investors need to also be aware of the myriad of risks alongside the opportunities, making it ripe for active management.
New Zealand Super’s new chief executive Jo Townsend inherits an organisation with a strong culture but facing some challenges posed by rapid growth. An internal project aims to reduce complexity and focus on simplicity for a fund already rated by WTW as operating at global best practice levels.
Statistics show that Europe outperforms the United States when it comes to 10-year venture capital returns, but European investors struggle to access the market. Finnish State Fund VER’s CEO Timo Löyttyniemi suggests how the market could develop.
Douglas Rivers, chief scientist at pollster YouGov, said data coming out of the current US presidential election confirms significant cultural and demographic shifts that are reshaping the political map. Rivers told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the once-popular “demographics is destiny” mantra predicting permanent centre-left majorities has lost meaning in the Trump era.
Embracing neurodiversity might not just be the key to unlocking collaboration, creativity and productivity in investment teams, it could also be the key to better returns, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard.
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