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
Cbus on Residential and Affordable Housing Asset Owners, Real Estate Florence Chong speaks to CBus’ John Longo about opportunities in residential real estate and weighs equity versus debt in this sector 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
UniSuper Lifts Unlisted Assets Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets UniSuper is on track to increase its allocation to unlisted assets by about 5 per cent due to a healthy pipeline of deals and the merger with Australian Catholic Super, John Pearce tells [i3] Insights. Read More
Cbus Gears up for Future of Office Asset Owners, Real Estate The global pandemic and the move to working more from home has changed the dynamics of the office property market. Florence Chong speaks with Cbus’ John Longo about the impact on office investing Read More
HESTA Opts for Digital Advice Route Asset Owners, Retirement Digital advice tools are likely to form part of the solution to the advice challenge in relation to retirement. We speak with HESTA’s Josh Parisotto about the experience over the past 18 months since the launch of the tool, Future Planner. Read More
Active vs Passive Debate Often Ignores Costs Asset Owners, Equities, Innovation An upcoming study looks at the active/passive debate in the light of the costs associated with hiring and firing fund managers. Read More
TCorp Tilts into US Multifamily, Aus Logistics Asset Owners, Real Estate TCorp is looking to invest more in global property to increase diversification and more in direct assets to capture an illiquidity premium, Brett Dillon, Head of Property, says in an interview with Florence Chong Read More
Managing AustralianSuper’s Growth Asset Owners, Innovation, Leadership & Management Peter Curtis was appointed to AustralianSuper’s inaugural Chief Operating Officer role in April this year. We speak with Curtis about his additional responsibilities, the fund’s stellar growth and look back on his career of more than 16 years with AustralianSuper. Read More