Meghna Desai is director of investments at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, serving there since 2017. Previously, she was the head of private markets and credit at the New Jersey Division of Investments. Prior to that, she was an associate at AUM Capital LLC and an equity research analyst at Renaissance Capital. Desai holds a B.A. degree in biochemistry from New York University.
Meghna Desai
FIS Oxford 2024
Geopolitics: US retrenches to focus on one potential war
Leading global affairs scholar Stephen Kotkin explains why the US is retreating from its role as global policeman with profound implications for the world and warned that the rising number of regional conflicts bears comparisons with the 1930s. “It’s only after it happens that it becomes obvious,” he said.
Sarah RundellNovember 27, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
Blue bonds: The next wave of sustainable finance?
The blue bond market can provide an innovative means of supporting the critically underfunded blue economy and blue bonds offer a compelling opportunity in fixed income with untapped impact potential. Challenges include illiquidity in the market and where to place the investment in a portfolio.
Sarah RundellNovember 26, 2024
Featured Story
Drivers of the future: Asia rises but demographics and debt impact west
Speaking at FIS Oxford Ian Goldin, professor of globalisation and development, senior fellow at the Oxford Martin School, professorial fellow at the Balliol College, University of Oxford sketched an emerging world characterised by a rising Asia and ascending west.
Sarah RundellNovember 22, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
Leveraging geographic diversification in a multipolar world
The past 20 years have seen large pools of capital become larger, more global and diversified across asset classes. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how Bridgewater Associates is allocating capital and resources to meet this shifting paradigm and why investors can’t try to bet on certain geographic regions overperforming.
Chris DastoorNovember 21, 2024
FIS Oxford 2024
CFA Institute: Galvanizing the industry for change
In a wide-ranging discussion at the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Oxford, CFA Institute chief executive Margaret Franklin, and global head of content at WTW Roger Urwin, examined some of the challenges the investment industry faces and the need for evolution.
Sarah RundellNovember 21, 2024
Asset Allocation
New York City’s TRS: Junk rallies make active management hard
At the October investment committee meeting for the Teachers Retirement System of the City of New York, TRS' Tax Deferred Annuity Programme trustees heard how lower quality stocks are outperforming the broad market in what is commonly referred to as a “junk rally.”
Sarah RundellNovember 19, 2024
Featured Story
UK unleashes its plans for mega funds
The UK government has announced plans to speed up LGPS pooling, forcing local authority pension funds to pool their assets and delegate investment strategy to larger asset pools. The government also wants DC schemes to merge. Top1000funds.com spoke to industry executives about the proposals.
Sarah RundellNovember 19, 2024