William Maslovsky is now responsible for designing and executing the investment strategy for the foundation’s $2 billion endowment.

What had become an ever-increasing popular strategy for some of the biggest institutional investors over the years has now become a lightning rod of criticism.

Investors are looking to see “if there is the potential for a unified government” because “it’s typically in those scenarios that we can see much more assertive policies push through,” said BNP's Calvin Tse said.

Headwinds exists. Yet even with concerns about the geopolitical turmoil, Ken Kencel said "the markets just seem to have shrugged it off."