M Cargill Philanthropies Expands Risk Premia Portfolio Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Factors, Quant & Systematic US-based charity fund Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies has expanded its risk premia strategies with the volatility risk premium and addresses concerns over these factor investing. “We can’t expect absolute positive returns year in year out,” CIO Michael Ruetz says. Read More
If You Can’t Stand the Heat… Editorial The publication of the APRA Heatmap has caused a fair amount of criticism, ranging from interpretation of metrics to large scale market distortion. Is this simply a matter of people resisting change or is there more going on? Read More
2019 – Year in Review Editorial Which articles do you think were most read during the year? The answer might surprise you. Read More
CalSTRS Evolves Risk Mitigation Strategy Asset Owners, Factors, Quant & Systematic, Financial Crisis, Innovation CalSTRS portfolio manager Carrie Lo looks back on how markets tested the risk mitigation model. But the US pension fund stuck with it and has now expanded the strategy, adding systematic risk premia strategies to the portfolio. Read More
It’s Time to Sin a Little Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic AQR has always questioned the merits of factor timing, stating it is too difficult to do consistently well. But valuations have now become so irrational that even they believe a skew towards value is warranted. It is time to sin a little. Read More
Life-cycle, Annuities Less Relevant For Cbus Asset Owners, Retirement The unique characteristics of Cbus members make life-cycle and annuity strategies less attractive to them, the pension fund’s chief executive said at the inaugural [i3] Pensions Portfolio Forum. Read More
In Search of True Factors Factors, Quant & Systematic Determining the true expression of a factor is difficult, but a factor should give an investor something that traditional asset classes don’t, Janus Henderson’s David Elms says. Read More
Editorial – Unsolvable Problems Behavioural Finance, Editorial In mathematics there are problems that can be expressed but not solved. Do financial markets represent such problems? Read More
NZ Super adds Commodity Tilting Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Innovation New Zealand Super’s strategic tilting program has added significant value to its portfolio and now it is ready to add a new asset class to its framework. Read More
![Wouter Klijn, Director of Content at the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]](https://i3-invest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Wouter-Klijn-680-679x430.jpg)
![[i3] Insights Year in Review - Podcasts](https://i3-invest.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rearviewmirror680.jpg)
