Cbus Embarks on Next Phase of DAA Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Leadership & Management 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, Leadership & 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
Insignia Sees Benefits of Scale Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers After bedding down the acquisitions of ANZ P&I and MLC, Insignia Financial CIO Dan Farmer is now looking to benefit from its larger size by participating in more co-investments Read More
Valuation Infrequency is not Stability Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Women in Finance As debate over valuation practices around unlisted assets is heating up, TCorp’s Tanya Branwhite points to the danger of mistaking valuation infrequency for stability Read More
Bessembinder Slams Mean Variance Analysis Asset Allocation & Strategy, Equities Professor Hendrik Bessembinder urged investors to be suspicious of stock market analysis that relies on averages, including mean-variance optimisation. Read More
