The coronavirus pandemic of 2020/21 may have fundamentally altered the relationship between workers and their office environments. For the first time in recorded history, a devastating virus forced countries across the globe to mandate lockdowns. Entire working populations had to remain at home, and in many cases businesses…
Every quarter, our Content Team curates a unique list of the best asset manager salary surveys from around the world, providing our members with information on benchmark salaries for investment management professionals. These fund manager salary surveys cover a wide variety of roles within the asset management industry,…
This report by the Thinking Ahead Institute provides detailed analysis of the world's largest pension funds. Assets under management (AUM) of the world’s 300 largest pension funds totalled US$19.5 trillion in 2019, a gain of 8.1% versus the previous year. Defined Benefit pension assets account for 64.2% of this total. U.S.…
US stock-bond correlation, which plays an important role in institutional portfolio construction, has been persistently negative for the last 20y. This negative correlation allows stocks and bonds to serve as a hedge for each other, enabling CIOs to increase stock allocations while still satisfying a portfolio risk budget.…
In 1952, the American economist Harry Markowitz published a paper titled 'Portfolio Selection’. In it, he introduced the concept of "the efficient frontier" which he described as a collection of portfolios that contain the highest returns for a given amount of risk. The paper later gave rise to Modern…
The investment world continues to focus on sustainability, its increasing importance leading to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) metrics being woven into investors’ decision-making processes. Investors themselves have been the driving force behind this change, as they continue to demand more transparency…
The future of sustainable investing is in the balance. It involves balancing financial and extra-financial considerations, balancing short-term and long-term goals, and balancing interests among stakeholders and over time, while seeking fair outcomes for all. None of this is easy. But sustainable investing is critical to the…
Content that Converts: Engaging and influencing institutional investors
The latest report from Savvy Insights provides asset management marketing and client-facing teams with specific data, practical tips, upcoming content trends and topic forecasts for engaging institutional investors. Check out the 10 Content…
Climate change is the single greatest challenge humankind has faced. The transition to a net zero world will require the largest reconstruction of the global economy since the Industrial Revolution.
Beyond the obvious existential threat that the planet and future generations are facing, net zero is also becoming…
The key theme of this year’s report, the ‘S’ pillar of ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing, is highly pertinent. As politicians and policy makers across the world aim to ‘build back better’, Create-Research and DWS believe they need to take the time to fully understand the social part of ESG.
Market observers are expecting global growth to accelerate in the second half of 2021, with a number of economies pursuing expansionary fiscal and monetary policies in order to support their recovery. Emerging markets in particular are expected to benefit from the massive U.S. fiscal stimulus package being put together by…
Baillie Gifford published part one of Let’s Talk About Actual Investing in 2018. In this, they challenged investors to refocus on the fundamental challenges and opportunities of real-world capital deployment and wealth creation. Investing is not a matter of ‘aiming off an index’, nor trying to outsmart other market…
The pandemic’s arc and its impact on political and policy developments are resetting expectations and will continue to define the investment landscape. The interplay of these three critical fronts – the pandemic, politics, and policy – will have implications for portfolio allocations extending far beyond the coming year,…
Content Marketing Best Practices: Engagement, lead generation and ROI
This print-friendly 2-page spread from Savvy Insights is an excerpt from our full report 'Content that Converts'. The infographic provides asset management marketing and client-facing teams with the 10 best practices for creating and distributing …
This annual survey report by the OECD is the sixth since the data collection exercise was first established in 2011. The scope of this report covers more than 100 public and private pension funds from 46 countries. Brazil, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, the Russian Federation, and South Africa are amongst the non-OECD…
The current COVID-19 pandemic has shown that society is able to put measures in place to adapt and overcome threats that are detrimental to all of our lives. With this in mind, investors should now be turning their attention to a threat that could dwarf the impact that COVID-19 has had - Climate Change.
In this chapter, Ray Dallio reviews the rises and declines of the Dutch, British, and American empires and their reserve currencies and will touch on the rise of the Chinese empire.
Out of a crisis comes opportunity, and the worst of the crisis has passed. The last few months have suggested that 2021 may be a significantly better year for the global economy and real estate markets as compared to 2020. In PGIM Real Estate’s Global Outlook, the firm illustrates why they are optimistic, and identifies the…
Today’s emerging markets (EM) are vastly different from what they were just a decade ago. What’s more, some EM-based technology companies have emerged as global market share leaders or close rivals to developed-market peers. In Manulife's view, an actively managed investment approach is best suited to navigating this…
Cryptocurrencies have attracted widespread interest among private investors and even some hedge funds as a vehicle for speculation. But what’s their role in a portfolio — growth engine or diversifier? State Street explores the potential role of bitcoin in multi-asset portfolios based on their track record for diversifying…
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