Growth of Credit ‘Slightly Unnerving’ Asset Allocation & Strategy, Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets The emergence of private credit as a new asset class is a positive development, but the rapid growth of it could spell some trouble down the road, Craig Dandurand says Read More
YFYS Takes Risk Management Tools Away Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Private Wealth The introduction of the YFYS performance test and the subsequent move by super funds towards more passive strategies has put these funds in the difficult position where they are less able to protect members from large market draw downs, Bellmont’s Michael Block says Read More
Cbus Starts Phase II of DAA Program Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners Cbus Super has embarked on the second phase of its DAA program, extending it to include relative value trades Read More
Portfolio Optimisation at Cbus Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Cbus Super is preparing to quadruple the size of its portfolio optimisation program over the next 12 months, following the appointment of Justin Pascoe Read More
Don’t Predict Crises, Prepare Asset Allocation & Strategy, Leadership & Management State Super’s defensive overlays helped the fund remain positive during the COVID turmoil, CEO John Livanas says Read More
NZ Super Scales Back Risk Budget of Tilting Program Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners NZ Super has reduced the risk budget for its strategic tilting program, but this should not be seen as a scaling back of the program Read More
Addressing Non-stationary Risk Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Private Wealth The relationship between risk and return is seldom static for long, but most strategic asset allocation processes pretend that it is. Tactical asset allocation can help address this issue, Sandhurst Trustees’ Thad McCrindle says Read More
Preserving Capital at the NRMA Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers What is the secret behind the NRMA’s 14-year streak of positive annual returns? Dynamic asset allocation has a lot to do with it, Ainsley Lee says Read More
Defining the Benefits of TPA Asset Allocation & Strategy Increasingly more funds are embracing the total portfolio approach, but can we define the real benefit of this method? Read More
