Conference Coverage: 2024 Investment Innovation Conference
In the search for market-beating returns, institutional investors are facing a shifting geopolitical landscape, ongoing questions about monetary policy and the impact of climate change.
At the 2024 Investment Innovation Conference on Nov. 12-14 in Vancouver, B.C., leading academics and industry figures reckoned with the aftermath of the highly anticipated U.S. presidential election and provided expert summaries of the challenges faced by institutional investors.
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Signum Global Advisors
Democrats and Republicans heading for ideology reckoning after presidential election
Following a surprising U.S. presidential election, both major political parties are facing a realignment of priorities.
Trans-Canada Capital
Integrating quantitative strategies in fixed income portfolios
Quantitative strategies are proving to be a powerful tool for diversification in fixed income portfolios, offering portfolio managers access to new sources of alpha while enabling efficient decision-making.
Martin Currie Ltd.
Impact investing helping institutional investors reset, rebuild ESG conversation
The investment world is using insufficient methods to deal with long-term development challenges, which are impeding our ability to realize environmental, social and governance goals globally.
Stephen Poloz
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
Canada facing recession, impact of rate cut policy won’t be felt for years
Canadian spending per household trends show the country’s economy is experiencing a recession.
William Blair
China’s economic recovery plan aims to address structural investment challenges, property market concerns
Institutional investors are putting China’s dominance as an emerging market under consideration at a time of economic uncertainty for the country typically known as a staple in the investment category.
Peter Stournaras
T. Rowe Price Group Inc.
Finetuning equities selection with inside, outside quant/fundamentals perspectives
When investment managers combine the inside view with the outside view, they make better decisions when it comes to choosing equities.
Acadian Asset Management
How asset managers can make investing ‘boring again’ during geopolitical uncertainty
Despite the fact most geopolitical shocks can cause serious social and emotional damage, they have less of an impact on stock returns than many investors realize.
Nick Minto
PIMCO
Increasing connectivity, cloud-based storage capabilities fuelling growth in data storage investments
Increasing connectivity and massive content generation is driving growth and interest in the market for large data storage capabilities.
Seattle City Employees’ Retirement System
A liability-aware investing assessment can help pension plan sponsors see the bigger picture
Defined benefit pension plan sponsors can improve their performance and risk assessment by closely evaluating the connection between assets and liabilities.
Don Guy
GT & Co Executive Advisors
Financial challenges fuelling anxiety in establishment institutions
The global population’s rejection of establishment systems and institutions is resulting in extreme election results following the coronavirus pandemic.
State Street Global Advisors
Post-pandemic soft landing is here but market risks continue to loom
The U.S. economy has already sustained a soft landing.
Mitesh Sheth
Newton Investment Management
Harnessing lessons from the past to future-proof investment portfolios
In building a resilient portfolio, institutional investors can use lessons from the past to draw on market similarities throughout history.
Western University
Separating fact and fiction from investment stories requires correlation and causation review
The distinction between correlation and causation can help institutional investors determine better factors for investment decisions.
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Michael Dawson (R)
Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology pension plan
Chelsea Kittleson (C)
B.C. Municipal Pension Plan
Alpesh Sethia (L)
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Panel: Pension plan sponsors deploying AI cautiously, experimenting investment test cases
Pension plan sponsors’ integration of artificial intelligence will be a disruptive event that will require a delicate approach with sufficient testing.
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