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. Read More
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. Read More
State Super Embraces Machine Learning Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Innovation State Super has embraced machine learning in its investment process, making it one of the first Australian asset owners to do so. Read More
Philanthropy and Factors at MACP Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies has implemented a new framework that enables the fund to manage factors as a separate asset class. Read More
Funds Management Models for Superannuation Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Women in Finance Former State Super CIO Lisebeth Rasmussen has seen in-house asset management fall in and out of favour. In this article she gives her views on the matter. Read More
Future Fund Reveals Vision for Brave New World Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers For too long fund managers have been able to include returns that requires little skill, Future Fund CIO says. Read More
Improvements in Technology Help Future Fund Assess Alpha Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Technological advancement enables Future Fund to isolate the true alpha component in returns, CIO says. Read More
Tasplan Merger Reviewed – Agree on Processes not Numbers Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Tasplan’s CIO speaks out for the first time on the challenges and triumphs of merging with RBF and Quadrant, to form one Tasmanian pension fund. Read More
Mitigating Risks without Distraction at CalSTRS Asset Owners, Factors, Quant & Systematic, Innovation, Women in Finance CalSTRS Portfolio Manager Carrie Lo explains why the fund has added a risk mitigating asset class to the portfolio. Read More
