Editor's Thoughts.

Let’s talk about art today. Art doesn’t come with a single “correct” meaning (sorry to all the actuaries out there). It invites us to bring our own experiences, emotions and perspective to what we see. And this openness to personal interpretation is precisely what makes art so powerful, right? The same piece can comfort one viewer, challenge another and confuse a third. Maybe what we do in investments, financial planning and benefit design is exactly the same?

Meaningful pause for dramatic effect.

I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Nazlie Seegers (Salt EB) where we commemorated Salt’s 70th anniversary by reminiscing over the evolutions we’ve witnessed in the retirement funds space and what these have set us up for the next 70. It’s an evocative mental picture of possibilities and opportunities.

In broad brushtrokes, our articles today paint a geopolitical, investment and supervisory landscape that our clients and fund members need to navigate – investment Jumanji? – and we need to know about to guide them.

And tomorrow we launch our newest podcast series – The Art of Manager Fusion. We all know that diversification is the most powerful strategy for investors. But are we painting a cohesive  picture that makes sense or a Picasso-like awkward bolting on of managers, strategies, asset classes, for diversification’s sake? Together with consolidation into umbrella funds, has come a consolidation into multi-managed portfolios. Who’s the better artist – the asset consultant or the multi-manager? I think that’s a piece worth looking at.

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