How Good Are Private Equity Returns Really? Private & Alternative Markets Most US leveraged buyout private equity funds deploy committed money quickly, but take as long as 12 years to exit the majority of assets and produce lacklustre after fee returns, a new study has found Read More
ASX Fails Operational Risk Standard Equities, Risk and Regulation The operator behind the Australian stock market, ASX, has failed an important operational risk standard, after experiencing a settlement failure in December Read More
State Super Rethinks Risk Management Tools Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Innovation, Private & Alternative Markets State Super CIO Charles Wu speaks about what the weakening of correlations between asset classes means for investment risk management Read More
Wind, Storage Drive Aus Investments in Energy Transition ESG, Infrastructure Wind farms and emerging technologies are key, when investing in renewable energy assets in Australia, Foresight says Read More
The End of Corporate Super in Australia Editorial From 143 funds in 2008, to now just one left; the corporate superannuation industry in Australia has all but ceased to exist. But what is the end game in consolidation for the super industry Read More
Rest Starts Trading Global Equities Internally Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Equities Rest has started trading global equities internally with a new $300 million mandate Read More
CareSuper and MIESF Move Forward with Merger Asset Owners CareSuper and MIESF have signed a binding agreement for the merger of the two funds Read More
ACC’s Dynamic Asset Allocation Approach Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Insurance Dynamic asset allocation is a valuable source of diversification when running an liability aware investment portfolio, according to ACC’s David Iverson Read More
The Problem with Mandatory Annuities Editorial, Retirement A confidential Treasury paper has resurrected the debate around compulsory annuities. Here is why that might be a bad idea Read More