HESTA Eyes Fundamental Aus Equities Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Equities, Women in FinanceAustralian pension fund HESTA is considering creating an internal fundamental Australian equities capability in an effort to address capacity constraints and drive company engagement. Read More
Asset Allocation is Key at VicSuper Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset OwnersVicSuper 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.” Read More
The Science of Hedging Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset OwnersIn the past, the decision about how to hedge has sometimes involved a bit of an educated guess, but a new paper aims to create rigour around this process. Read More
NZ Super Maps Capabilities of Partners Asset Owners, Women in FinanceNew Zealand Super has mapped the expertise of its strategic partners against its research agenda in order to extract full value from its relationships. Read More
No Westerner Really Understands China: Pearce Asset Owners, Emerging MarketsOut of all Australian Chief Investment Officers, John Pearce, CIO of Unisuper, is probably best placed to have a view on China. But his insights are not what you might expect. Read More
APG Sees More Dispersion in Investor Returns Ahead Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset OwnersThe rise of alternative data sets is likely to create a wider dispersion of investors’ returns as the wide range of available data will lead investors to take more varying approaches than they have done so in the past, according to APG Asset Management. Until recently, most financial strategies have relied on a handful of […] Read More
UTOS – A Tribute to Justina Sau Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Women in FinanceJustina Sau, Chief Executive Officer of the Unit Trust of Samoa, passed away in October this year. In this article, we celebrate the life of an extraordinary business person and trailblazer for Samoan women. Read More
Future Fund Sells Illiquids Ahead of Volatility Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Risk and RegulationThe Future Fund sells $5 billion in illiquid assets as it prepares for more volatility ahead. Read More
PKA raises Questions about Factors Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Factors, Quant & SystematicDanish pension fund PKA was one of the first institutional investors to implement a factor-based investment approach. But the recent dismal performance of these strategies is testing the faith of the fund, Deputy CIO Michael Flycht says. Read More
