Veritas’ Vatanen Looks Beyond 60/40, Eyes ARP Comeback

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ARP Is Still Compelling, Recovery Predicted by Year-End

Alternative risk premia strategies have been plagued with disappointing returns over the last few years, forcing many -- but not all -- investors to question the strategy’s place in the market.

JUN 09, 2022

ARP Leaders Discuss Asset Allocation In A New Economic Landscape – Asia EQD

Spyros Mesomeris, global head of QIS structuring at UBS led the keynote panel session at Asia EQD on September 6 at Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore. The panel featured the perspectives of Kif Ho, associate director at Singapore Management University, Tze-Houng Lee, senior vice president, quant investment strategies at UOB, Jaime Martinez Gomez, global head of asset allocation at BBVA Asset Management and Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company.

SEP 20, 2022

ARP’s Climate Change Moment

In Sydney on Sept. 1 at Australia EQD, Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company and a longtime proponent of ARP in these pages, declared something previously unimaginable: he no longer believed in the all-weather risk premia portfolio.

SEP 15, 2022

Investing Fast And Slow In The Post-COVID-19 Period

Diversification has decreased in the financial markets due to the growing central bank stimulus. Investors are hunting for yield in more risky and illiquid assets which tend to correlate with each other in distressed markets. Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company, asks can slow-moving investments still bring diversification in ever-faster liquid markets?

SEP 16, 2020

Q&A: Kari Vatanen Talks Managing ARP In The Post COVID-19 Period

Kari Vatanen, chief investment officer at Veritas Pension Insurance Company, sat down for a virtual question and answer video call with EQDerivatives’ Georgia Reynolds on Tuesday, August 25, to discuss his latest article as well as how he manages his risk premia allocations and his expectations for certain strategies going forward.

SEP 16, 2020

January 26, 2027

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