inflation

Asset Allocation

Cash rate scenario analysis drives asset allocation reset at Maryland

The asset allocation of the $63 billion Maryland State Pension System has protected the fund on the downside. But now CIO Andrew Palmer is looking at cash rates persistently of 4 per cent, what that means for various asset classes and how the fund should be allocating.

Amanda WhiteJune 8, 2023

Asset Allocation

Reversal of investment themes demands investors change their assumptions

Investors are currently facing the end of uncertainty around assumptions they have made for decades, and need to shore up their portfolios with greater inflation protection, more active management, and by fostering innovation, according to chief strategist at the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario.

Ben HurleyApril 18, 2023

Featured Story

Return targets a challenge due to high inflation, low risk premiums

High inflation and low risk premiums are making it difficult for asset owners to meet their return targets, according to the investment heads of several major global funds who participated in the 2023 CIO Sentiment Survey.

Ben HurleyApril 5, 2023

FIS Toronto 2024

Recession looms as Europe struggles to anchor inflation

Europe's ability to contain inflation hangs on key variables including the energy crisis, central banks' ability to anchor expectations and the ability to stop it spinning into demand for higher wages, argues Clemens Kool, Professor of Macroeconomics and International Monetary Economics, Maastricht University.

Sarah RundellNovember 8, 2022

FIS Toronto 2024

Investors talk inflation strategies

Three leading investors from around the world - USS from the UK, IMCO from Canada and APG from The Netherlands – discuss the importance of modelling and their strategies for investing in an inflationary environment, including allocating to inflation linked emerging debt and infrastructure.

Sarah RundellNovember 1, 2022

Investor Profile

Behind HOOPP’s stellar results and its biggest risks

As HOOPP chief investment officer Michael Wissell celebrates one year in the job, Amanda White spoke to him about the sources of return for the fund’s excellent performance, its world-leading funded status, the evolution of the investment allocations and the fund’s biggest risks.

Amanda WhiteSeptember 29, 2022

Asset Allocation

Cash rate scenario analysis drives asset allocation reset at Maryland

Asset Allocation

Reversal of investment themes demands investors change their assumptions

Featured Story

Return targets a challenge due to high inflation, low risk premiums

FIS Toronto 2024

Recession looms as Europe struggles to anchor inflation

FIS Toronto 2024

Investors talk inflation strategies

Investor Profile

Behind HOOPP’s stellar results and its biggest risks

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