Asset Owners Archives - Investment Innovation Institute

Insights articles categorised 'Asset Owners'

Real Asset Profile – Sunsuper

VicSuper – The Importance of Stakeholder Management

Asset Owners, ESG

If boards receive too much data, it all becomes just noise, VicSuper CIO Andrew Howard says.

Real Asset Profile – Cbus Property

Asset Owners, Real Estate

As the search for yield has driven up prices of commercial properties, many pension funds are scrambling around to find investments with decent risk/return characteristics. It is a problem that Cbus hasn’t had to deal with, largely because it owns a fully-fledged property developer in Cbus Property that has a healthy pipeline of projects. Florence Chong speaks with Cbus Super’s Grant Harrison about risk management, ESG and external managers.

Funds SA Consolidates After Rapid Growth

Asset Owners, Women in Finance

Funds SA has grown rapidly in recent years and now stands at over $30 billion in assets. CEO Jo Townsend speaks to [i3] Insights about the next phase of growth, whether insourcing is on the cards and what it means to be an Adelaide-based investment organisation.

Taking Risk Parity Inhouse at PSERS

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance

The US$ 55 billion Pennsylvanian pension fund PSERS embraced risk parity in an effort to address the asset allocation challenges laid bare by turmoil during the global financial crisis.

HESTA Eyes Fundamental Aus Equities

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Equities, Women in Finance

Australian pension fund HESTA is considering creating an internal fundamental Australian equities capability in an effort to address capacity constraints and drive company engagement.

Asset Allocation is Key at VicSuper

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners

VicSuper CIO Andrew Howard has positioned the fund’s portfolio to deal with low growth and higher volatility. “I’ll happily accept a lower return than what we might have received from real assets over the last 10 years to ensure we have enough ballast in our portfolio to deliver a smoother pattern of returns.”