The effects of government intervention and regulation continue to reverberate in the global markets. Whispers of global recovery are often tempered with sporadic volatility forecasts, with geopolitical risk threatening to rear its ugly head. While traditional set-and-forget strategic asset allocation has been given the death knell, alternative models of portfolio construction and active management are far from perfect.
In the face of a V.U.C.A. (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment, how should investors approach investment decision-making?
How can an investment organisation be designed, governed and resourced to successfully pursue its long term objectives? How can policy and strategy be appropriately framed and implemented? How do you manage trade-offs and stakeholder expectations, especially in the short term?