Bonds are Back Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Fixed Income & Credit, Private Wealth Crestone Wealth Management’s Scott Haslem says it is time to rebalance fixed income allocations back to their long-term strategic weights, as bonds have a role to play again in protecting against a potential recession. Read More
REST CIO on Investment Review Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Rest has overhauled its investment and governance model, moving to a model with a single investment function. We speak with CIO Andrew Lill about the implications for the portfolio and the investment team. Read More
Future Fund Restructures Investment Team Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Women in Finance The Future Fund has restructured its investment team, creating new roles for three of its members, after the departure of CIO Sue Brake. Read More
Spirit Super – Managing Risk, Challenging the Future Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets Merely a year after the completion of the merger between Tasplan and MTAA, Spirit Super is already reaping the benefits of its larger scale in its real asset investments, Florence Chong writes. Read More
ART Portfolio Construction post Merger Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers In this interview, [i3] Insights speaks with Ian Patrick, Chief Investment Officer of Australian Retirement Trust, about the implications of the recent merger for the fund’s investments and the way it constructs portfolios going forward. Read More
NZ Super Embraces Sustainable Finance Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, ESG NZ Super has concluded a thorough review of its responsible investment framework and has decided there is room for improvement, CIO Stephen Gilmore says. Read More
Sustainable Investing in Asia Chief Investment Officers, ESG, Women in Finance A passion for ocean conservation has led St. James’s Place’s Angelina Lai to be more involved in sustainable investing and she speaks to [i3] Insights how this applies to her role as Head of Division – Asia Investment. Read More
The Pitfalls of Alternatives Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets, Private Wealth Family office CH Warman established a fund of hedge fund program in 2015, but pulled the plug on it last year as correlations to equities spiked and returns proved lacklustre. We speak to CIO Richard Williams about the experience and some of the key learnings from this program. Read More
TPA Saves TCorp $15m Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers TCorp has been able to save millions of dollars in fees and reduced the number of external managers by half, as the asset manager moved to a total portfolio approach. Read More
