Asset Owners – Page 29 – Investment Innovation Institute

Adrian Orr and the Three C’s of Fund Operations

Future Fund Replaces $14bn of Hedge Funds

Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets

The Future Fund has replaced two-thirds of its hedge fund managers, or $14 billion worth of assets, in a four-year overhaul of its hedge fund portfolio, in an effort to reduce beta exposure.

AustralianSuper Revamps Risk Framework

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners

AustralianSuper has unveiled its new risk framework, shifting to a total portfolio approach and flexibility to participate swiftly in direct markets.

Michael Block, former CIO, Australian Catholic Super

True Equity Diversification is Hard

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Equities

Diversification is good, but what assets will truly diversify you from equity risk, Michael Block, CIO of the Australian Catholic Superannuation & Retirement Fund, asks.

Gerben de Zwart, Head of Investment Solutions at APG Asset Management

APG – Pushing the Limits of Factor Investing

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners

Dutch pension fund APG has been running factor-based strategies for more than two decades, but the fund’s Head of Quantitative Equity suspects it’s on the eve of a very big change.

Looking for Liquidity in PNG

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Pacific Region, Private & Alternative Markets

Running a pension fund in Papua New Guinea comes with its own unique challenges. Managing liquidity in a mostly illiquid market is one of them, NASFund CIO David Brown says.

First State Super enters China’s Domestic Market

Asset Owners, Emerging Markets, Equities

First State Super sees opportunities in mainland China markets and has been awarded a QFII licence.

Few Funds Use Academic Factors: Van Gelderen

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers

Outgoing APG Group CIO Eduard van Gelderen says that few managers implement factors that bear any resemblance to how they are described in academic studies.

Damian Graham, Chief Investment Officer, Aware Super

First State Super CIO on State Plus Acquisition

Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Risk and Regulation

Damian Graham, CIO of First State Super, talks to [i3] Insights about the rationale behind the acquisition of State Super and the benefits to its investment strategy.