The Future of the Office Real Estate What does the future of office real estate look like once the pandemic is over? Will we all return to work or will we see permanent changes that affect demand? We speak with Aviva Investors about some of the likely changes this sector will see in the coming years. Read More
Infrastructure Over the Long Term Infrastructure As the pandemic wreaks havoc across the globe, does this structurally change the outlook for long-term assets, such as infrastructure? We speak with Aberdeen Standard’s Head of Economic Infrastructure to find out. Read More
Rethinking Retirement Strategies Editorial, Retirement Retirees are often too conservative in their spending of superannuation money. How do we address this issue, when developing retirement products? Read More
Pharma Unlikely to Strike Gold with Vaccine Equities, Financial Crisis A COVID-19 vaccine might not prove to be a watershed moment for the pharmaceutical industry, but there are plenty of other opportunities, Capital Group says Read More
Ping An on Factors in China Chief Investment Officers, Emerging Markets, Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic The Chinese stock market is driven by different quantitative factors than those in the US and Europe, Ping An China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Deputy CIO said. Steve Zhang speaks to us about the companies quant and machine learning strategies. Read More
VFMC Appoints Head of Portfolio Management Asset Owners VFMC has appointed former State Super CIO Gary Gabriel as Head of the Portfolio Management Group within the fund’s Investment Team. Read More
WTW Adopts Diversity Scores ESG, Women in Finance Willis Towers Watson has introduced new inclusion and diversity scores to assess progress among asset managers and sets itself targets to discover best-in-class managers. Read More
The Case for Active Engagement Equities, ESG, Women in Finance ESG should not be applied as a blanket screen to simply weed out poorly rated companies, but should be managed actively, where engagement can lead the way to improvements and ultimately to a repricing of a company, Aberdeen Standard Investments says. Read More
Future Fund Concerned about the Future Asset Owners, Financial Crisis The Future Fund is concerned about the medium to long-term outlook for investments as the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated existing vulnerabilities and trends within the global political landscape and financial markets. Read More