Pearce on Early Days of Internalisation Asset Owners, Leadership & Management When Unisuper decided to internalise asset management functions, it adopted an approach of ‘logical incrementalism’ rather than putting forward a grand vision for the future, CIO John Pearce says. Read More
NZ Super Embraces Sustainable Finance Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, ESG NZ Super has concluded a thorough review of its responsible investment framework and has decided there is room for improvement, CIO Stephen Gilmore says. Read More
Aviva Sees Renaissance of Convertible Bonds Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets Convertible bond issuance reached record levels after markets recovered from the shock of the pandemic. We speak to Aviva’s Rico Pedrett about opportunities in the market and the impact of Your Future, Your Super on the asset class. Read More
Sustainable Investing in Asia Chief Investment Officers, ESG, Private Wealth, Women in Finance A passion for ocean conservation has led St. James’s Place’s Angelina Lai to be more involved in sustainable investing and she speaks to [i3] Insights how this applies to her role as Head of Division – Asia Investment. Read More
‘No Bubble in Crypto’ Private & Alternative Markets Digital asset investors don’t believe cryptocurrencies are in a bubble, but they acknowledge Bitcoin’s largest growth is behind it. Read More
Christian Super Next in APRA’s Crosshairs Risk and Regulation APRA has told a second fund, Christian Super, it will need to find a merger partner, only three weeks after it asked another super fund to do the same. Read More
ESG Works Differently in Private Equity ESG, Private & Alternative Markets How do you apply ESG to a portfolio without assets? That is a dilemma that investors in private equity face. We speak to LGT Capital Partners’ Tycho Sneyers about the key aspects of ESG implementation in private equity. Read More
Counting Carbon is Not Enough ESG Investors need to make a clear distinction between the carbon footprint of a company and its susceptibility to risks stemming from a transition to a low carbon economy, Willis Towers Watson says. Read More
Don’t Give Up on ALM: McKinsey Insurance Although it is increasingly complex for insurance companies to match their liabilities, we shouldn’t give up on asset/liability matching just yet, McKinsey says. Read More
