Thinking Ahead Institute

Organisational Design

Study gives evidence of value-add from TPA over SAA

The funds that use TPA added 1.8 per cent pa for 10 years above those using SAA in a recent Thinking Ahead Institute study of 26 asset owners. And the systems-thinking TPA approach, with the benefits of dynamism and joined-upness, will help asset owners in an environment of increasing complexity.

Amanda WhiteAugust 1, 2024

Featured Story

Asset owners pressing the reset button

The synergy of talented individuals working together is the key to unlocking organisational and portfolio alpha, according to an indepth new study of 26 asset owners including the Future Fund. The study’s author Roger Urwin of the Thinking Ahead Institute discusses the challenges and opportunities of this combinatorial power.

Roger UrwinJuly 29, 2024

Sustainability

How large would you like your climate risk to be?

Tim Hodgson, co-founder of the Thinking Ahead Institute at WTW, explores the possible consequences of breaching planetary boundaries and triggering systemic risk.

Tim HodgsonOctober 24, 2023

Technology

AI, humans and the new age of asset management

AI cannot yet fully replicate human behaviour in all its dimensions, but if we are able to mitigate the risks that have and will come from multiple sources, it can be a game changer for our industry.

Marisa HallJuly 4, 2023

Sustainability

Phase down or phase-out: Is there a difference?

The “phase out” or “phase down” of coal use leads us down two different paths with the Thinkin Ahead’s Tim Hodgson arguing that phase out is a choice to save the planet, while phase down is an attempt to save our unsustainable way of life.

Tim HodgsonJanuary 31, 2023

Featured Story

The future of work: Key ingredients for success

The COVID-19 crisis was a defining leadership and transformation moment, where leaders have needed to reset their future of work agendas and lead the way to better and more human-centric workplaces. Marisa Hall from the Thinking Ahead Institute says leaders will need to think deeply about the wider themes.

Marisa HallNovember 3, 2022

Organisational Design

Study gives evidence of value-add from TPA over SAA

Featured Story

Asset owners pressing the reset button

Sustainability

How large would you like your climate risk to be?

Technology

AI, humans and the new age of asset management

Sustainability

Phase down or phase-out: Is there a difference?

Featured Story

The future of work: Key ingredients for success

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