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Insights articles categorised 'Asset Owners'

First State Super Divests Thermal Coal

Jason Hazell, Chief Investment Officer, Crescent Wealth

Crescent Wealth Adds Currency Hedging

Islamic superannuation fund Crescent Wealth has expanded its investment toolkit with the addition of Shariah-compliant currency hedging, while it has also appointed a new asset consultant.

John Livanas, Chief Executive Officer, State Super

State Super Takes Stock

Asset Owners, Financial Crisis

State Super was one of the top performing funds in Australia during the March quarter, largely due to its decision to have tail risk strategies in place. We talk to CEO John Livanas about the fund’s approach and the changed world post-pandemic.

Cbus Reaches Scale with Internalisation

Asset Owners, In-house management

CBus has finalised the majority of its internalisation program. We speak to Deputy CIO Brett Chatfield about the fund’s experience and the launch of its latest quantimental strategy.

James Davis, Chief Investment Officer, OPTrust

Risk Mitigation Helps OPTrust Limit Losses

Asset Owners, Financial Crisis, Private & Alternative Markets

Canadian fund OPTrust employs a risk mitigating portfolio to help protect the fund from the worst of the volatility that can be experienced in growth assets, and it has proven quite resilient during the recent turmoil.

Brent Snow, Associate Portfolio Manager Responsible for Infrastructure and Real Asset, First State Super on investing in chickens and almonds

When Chickens Come Home to Roost

Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets

Chicken farms and almond plantations are perhaps not the first things that come to mind when thinking about investments. But these agricultural investments have proven to be quite a find for First State Super.

Mark Aarons, Head of Portfolio Risk and Solutions for VFMC talks about hedging and risk management

Hedging with Hindsight at VFMC

Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation

What if you could design your hedging strategy with 20/20 hindsight? We asked VFMC’s Mark Aaron how to best address this question.

Future Fund appoints Raphael Arndt as CEO

Asset Owners

The Future Fund has appointed its current Chief Investment Officer, Raphael Arndt, as its new Chief Executive Officer, following departure of David Neal.

Arti Prasad (l) and Jessica Gilbert (r) of New Zealand Super

Pricing Climate Change at NZ Super Fund

Asset Owners, ESG, Pacific Region, Women in Finance

NZ Super has developed a framework to help the investment team think about pricing climate change and adjust its valuation methodologies.

Matt Cameron, General Manager of Risk at HESTA

HESTA appoints GM Investment Risk

Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation

HESTA has appointed a new General Manager of Investment Risk, as the fund continues its plans to internalise certain asset management functions, including Australian equities investments.