Brighter Super Keeps it Simple Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers On 1 June 2023, 130,000 Suncorp Super members and $6.1 billion in funds under management (FUM) joined Brighter Super, itself the product of the 2021 merger between Energy Super and LGIAsuper. In this interview, we speak with CIO Mark Rider about how it affects the overall investment strategy. Read More
Equip Super Tweaks SAA Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers After a series of mergers, Equip Super revisited its core investment beliefs and decided it was time to update the SAA, the fund’s CIO Andrew Howard says. Read More
Valuations at the Cutting Edge of Investing Asset Allocation & Strategy, Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic Taking a systematic approach that relies on company valuations allows investors to combine active and passive elements into a well-diversified, cost-effective portfolio, Avantis’ Eduardo Repetto says Read More
Cbus Embarks on Next Phase of DAA Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Cbus has finalised the first phase of its new DAA program and is getting ready to roll it out across more granular cross-market positions, Brett Chatfield says Read More
HESTA Builds Portfolio Resilience Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, In-house Management Last year, HESTA conducted a review of its investment strategy and objectives. We speak with Jeff Brunton on the impact of the review on the portfolio and the fund’s continued efforts in internalisation Read More
FNPF Expands Growth Assets Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Pacific Region While most countries around the world are battling high inflation and rising interest rates, Fiji has kept rates low. We talk to Ashwin Pal about what this means for the Fiji National Provident Fund’s fixed income portfolio Read More
YFYS Raises Importance of Asset Allocation Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation Asset allocation is now the main game in town and Michael Block gives an insight into how he approached it during his time as CIO with Australian Catholic Super Read More
ABP Rethinks Active Approach Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners Dutch pension fund ABP seems to have had a change of heart about its approach to active investing, stating it now looks at passive investing as a starting point for any liquid investments Read More
Diversification at ART Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets When the correlation between bonds and equities turns positive, only private assets shield an investment portfolio from severe losses, the Australian Retirement Trust’s Andrew Fisher says Read More
