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The New Frontier: Managing the Risks of AI Advancement
April 23, 2025
Chicago: Participate in an insightful discussion about the implications of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector and ...
Five Areas to Watch in Private Credit
April 17, 2025
An agile and opportunistic sector can continue to capitalize where banks are constrained.
Inside the Mind of a Buy-Side CRO
April 8, 2025
Hear from Peter Mortensen, the chief risk officer of Russell Investments, about inflation volatility, tariffs, liquidity risk, AI threats and ...
Revisiting 60-40 Portfolio Allocations in the Wake of Volatility
December 6, 2024
Institutional investors winding down balanced stock-and-bond portfolios must manage the illiquidity of private equity, private debt and real estate ...
Spot Bitcoin ETPs Dominate Even as Ether Offers Alternatives
November 22, 2024
Institutional interest is affected by staking methods and due-diligence requirements.
After Three Decades, Target Date Funds Are Still Working on Their Track Records
November 1, 2024
Derivatives, a relatively new wrinkle, introduce risks of their own, which one firm counters with put options on equities. Underperformance has been ...
The Cash Management Impact of the Fed’s Rate Cut: How to Minimize Risk and Maximize Return
October 4, 2024
Changing yield curve dynamics are going to have a significant effect on risk-returntradeoffs in cash management. In response to reduced interest ...
The Risk and Return Profile of Index-Linked Annuities: How to Build the Optimal Portfolio
August 30, 2024
Complex financial products like registered index-linked annuities (RILAs) feature an array of risks and benefits. Evaluating all possible outcomes is ...
Dividend-Paying Stocks: Where Mitigating One Risk Begets Another
April 12, 2024
Amid sky-high stock prices and interest rates, investors reaching for income must sift carefully through dividend-paying stocks to avoid value traps.
The Intersection of Compliance and Resilience
April 9, 2024
Sponsored by Fusion Risk Management Operational resilience is top of mind at both global regulators and financial services firms. Whether you are a ...
Life Settlements Are Settling In as an Alternative Asset Class
February 9, 2024
As insurance-policy death benefits attract yield-hungry investors, portfolio management requires attention to policyholder longevity, insurer ...
Have Spot Bitcoin ETFs Changed the Digital-Asset Game?
January 26, 2024
The products approved by the SEC are “step one” in a revolution, says the CEO of BlackRock, an early leader in fund inflows. But many crypto-related ...
Has ESG Gone Off the Rails?
November 3, 2023
“When regulation starts to become coercive, then there is a problem,” an investment manager writes.
Investment Managers Keep Faith in Emerging Markets
October 20, 2023
“Many EMs are well positioned to have economic growth acceleration in 2024 and beyond,” says one portfolio manager. “We invest in companies, not ...
After Temporary Dislocations, Insurance-Linked Securities Are Breaking Records
October 20, 2023
Anticipated cyber catastrophe bonds and innovative deal structures are expected to fuel further growth
Global Investment Performance Standards: After 25 Years, Room to Grow, and Gaps to Close
September 29, 2023
More smaller and alternative funds are in the fold as consultants and outsourcers offer to support compliance
The Parlous State of ESG
May 19, 2023
Navigating a minefield of ratings, regulations and politicization
Is There a Need for a Chief Liquidity Officer?
May 12, 2023
The benefits of a new “C” function could outweigh the cost and effort of creating it
2023 Market Trends: How Will They Impact ALM Efforts?
February 9, 2023
Hear from Dr. Donald van Deventer, Managing Director--Risk Research and Quantitative Solutions @ SAS, as we discuss the impact of current market ...
Pension-Fund Risk: How to Improve Liquidity Management
December 9, 2022
Recent nonfinancial incidents, including geopolitical conflicts, the pandemic and a supply-chain crisis, have destabilized markets and sent risk ...
SEC Rule Has Fund Firms Grappling with a VaR Mandate
June 17, 2022
Managing Pension Risk
July 26, 2021
Many companies are considering their de-risking options and strategies for pension risk transfer (PRT). PRT is steadily increasing in the U.S. but ...
Disasters, Large Drawdowns and Long-term Asset Management
July 22, 2021
Long-term investors are often reluctant to invest in assets or strategies that can suffer from big drawdowns. The University of Lausanne’s Eric ...
Quantile Risk-Return Tradeoff
June 24, 2021
The quantile regressions technique is effective for measuring the performance of stocks, particularly when dissecting the tails of returns. Nektarios ...