HK Shows Careful Optimism on Annuities Asset Allocation & Strategy, Retirement This month the Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation will launch lifetime annuities for retirees. Schroders took the pulse of Hong Kong’s residents to see how enthusiastic they are about these products. Read More
It is Time to Move Beyond ESG Asset Allocation & Strategy, ESG, Women in Finance Louise Lew from Willis Towers Watson and Ken Liow from Obsidian Capital argue that looking at ESG risks in isolation might make your portfolio vulnerable to unintended risks. Read More
Technology Catches Up to Current Investment Thinking Asset Allocation & Strategy As more institutional investors move towards a whole-of-portfolio approach, they run into a problem: most of the technology platforms they use to keep track of their assets have not been built with that approach in mind. Instead, most systems available today were initially designed to compare the performance of a single asset class against a […] Read More
What Would Benjamin Graham Do Today? Asset Allocation & Strategy If Benjamin Graham was still alive today, what would he make of today’s markets? Jason Zweig, who revised the latest edition of ‘The Intelligent Investor’, takes up the challenge. Read More
AustralianSuper Revamps Risk Framework Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners AustralianSuper has unveiled its new risk framework, shifting to a total portfolio approach and flexibility to participate swiftly in direct markets. Read More
The Competitive Advantage of Investment Governance Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Pension funds should step up their game in investment governance if they are to remain relevant in the changing investment industry, according to Sue Brake. Read More
A Reflection on Diversity on Wall Street Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Portfolio Manager Denise Selden has had a tremendous career on Wall Street, which spans almost 60 years. But working as one of the few women on Wall Street in her early days certainly provided some challenges. Read More
The Changing Face of Active Management Asset Allocation & Strategy Big technology platforms, such as Amazon, not only disrupt the retail industry, they also affect the nature of active management, David Eiswert says. Read More
Combining Best Ideas in Search for Alpha Asset Allocation & Strategy Good ideas take time. In fact, one of the best ways to kill creativity is to act swiftly and decisively. In a lecture delivered in 1991, British comedian John Cleese gave an insight into why some people are more creative than others and come up with better ideas. Despite what you might think, talent was […] Read More
