Darcy Song, Author at Top1000funds.com

FIS Oxford 2024

Room for fee innovation as traditional models come under pressure

Asset owners and managers may not always agree on fees, but one thing both parties are thinking a lot more about these days is creating innovative structures which – if done right – could provide rewards for the former and value for the latter.

Darcy SongNovember 26, 2024

Asset Allocation

Behind Future Fund’s $70bn inflation-related portfolio shift

In the past two years, the Future Fund has made around $70 billion worth of changes in the portfolio that can be traced back to stubbornly high inflation. Its director of research and insights, Craig Thorburn, outlined how asset allocation around currencies, alternatives and bonds are all looking different.

Darcy SongOctober 29, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

How long-term investors should think about stock-bond correlations

Asset owners that are long-term investors should be wary of the conventional model of assessing the stock-bond correlation that is based on several “implicit assumptions”, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium has heard. Instead, the question investors should be asking is: are bonds a hedge or a risk?

Darcy SongSeptember 30, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

Winds of change blowing through private credit markets

The influx of capital and interest into the private credit market has spawned new managers and offerings, but asset owners are increasingly alert to the fact that not every one of them is built equal, and even tiny losses during the credit cycle can eat significantly into long-term returns.

Darcy SongSeptember 30, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

The trait that will define ‘the California model’, according to CalPERS

Allocation to climate solutions and the ability to generate alpha from that across asset classes are what will define the future “California model”, according to CalPERS managing director of sustainable investment, Peter Cashion.

Darcy SongSeptember 27, 2024

FIS Stanford 2024

How AI ‘allows you to be the investor that you grew up wanting to be’

Success in AI integration may vary for different investors, as some asset owners are reaping alpha benefits while others look for administrative excellence. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium heard how three major institutional asset owners define and measure AI success.

Darcy SongSeptember 24, 2024

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FIS Oxford 2024

Room for fee innovation as traditional models come under pressure

Asset Allocation

Behind Future Fund’s $70bn inflation-related portfolio shift

FIS Stanford 2024

How long-term investors should think about stock-bond correlations

FIS Stanford 2024

Winds of change blowing through private credit markets

FIS Stanford 2024

The trait that will define ‘the California model’, according to CalPERS

FIS Stanford 2024

How AI ‘allows you to be the investor that you grew up wanting to be’

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