First State Super Divests Thermal Coal Asset Owners, ESG First State Super will divest from businesses that derive more than 10 per cent of their revenue from thermal coal by October 2020, as part of a broader transition plan to prepare the investment portfolio for a low-carbon economy. Read More
Crescent Wealth Adds Currency Hedging Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation 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. Read More
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. Read More
Cbus Reaches Scale with Internalisation Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Leadership & 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. Read More
Risk Mitigation Helps OPTrust Limit Losses Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, 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. Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
Future Fund appoints Raphael Arndt as CEO Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers The Future Fund has appointed its current Chief Investment Officer, Raphael Arndt, as its new Chief Executive Officer, following departure of David Neal. Read More
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. Read More
