Amanda White is responsible for the content across all Conexus Financial’s institutional media and events. In addition to being the editor of Top1000funds.com, she is responsible for directing the bi-annual Fiduciary Investors Symposium and Sustainability in Practice events, which challenge global investors on investment best practice and aims to place the responsibilities of investors in wider societal, and political contexts, as well as promote the long-term stability of markets and sustainable investments. White has been an investment journalist for more than 25 years and has edited more than four industry journals. She was previously editorial director of InvestorInfo and had a distinguished freelance career. White is currently a fellow in the Finance Leaders Fellowship at the Aspen Institute. The two-year program consists of 22 fellows and seeks to develop the next generation of responsible, community-spirited leaders in the global finance industry. She has a Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University and a Masters in Journalism from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Amanda White
FIS Stanford 2024
The trait that will define ‘the California model’, according to CalPERS
Allocation to climate solutions and the ability to generate alpha from that across asset classes are what will define the future “California model”, according to CalPERS managing director of sustainable investment, Peter Cashion.
Darcy SongSeptember 27, 2024
FIS Stanford 2024
How AI ‘allows you to be the investor that you grew up wanting to be’
Success in AI integration may vary for different investors, as some asset owners are reaping alpha benefits while others look for administrative excellence. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how three major institutional asset owners define and measure AI success.
Darcy SongSeptember 24, 2024
FIS Stanford 2024
Real growth opportunities in evolving AI sector still to come
The biggest paradigm shifts in technology history - the internet and cloud computing - both had common characteristics: an initial cycle of investment in infrastructure before the applications were delivered to consumers. the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard that artificial intelligence is unlikely to be any different.
Prashant MehraSeptember 24, 2024
FIS Stanford 2024
Unified view boosting appeal of total portfolio approach
The changing nature of volatility in financial markets and a more client-centric approach that allows allocations to be tailored is helping more institutions adopt a total portfolio approach (TPA) to investment management, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.
Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024
FIS Stanford 2024
Policy framework, private capital key to financing energy transition
Public authorities need to develop regulatory frameworks that create incentives and provide policy support in order to attract long-term private capital for infrastructure needed for the ongoing energy transition, the Fiduciary investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.
Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024
FIS Stanford 2024
Figuring out the big trends to uncover global investment opportunities
Former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Franklin Templeton Investments president Jenny Johnson told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium that the big trends of demographics, digitisation and de-globalisation are creating plenty of opportunities for investors, and cautioned on major global geopolitical risks, specifically, the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Prashant MehraSeptember 22, 2024
FIS Stanford 2024
Machine learning ‘overcoming key challenges’ in stock picking
Once regarded as a black-box approach to supporting asset management, AI and machine learning is becoming increasingly effective and transparent, now more of a "crystal box" and a useful tool for stock-picking and explaining performance attribution to clients, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University has heard.
Prashant MehraSeptember 19, 2024