POBA Turns to Alternatives Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets Recognising that traditional asset classes were insufficient to meet Korean pensions fund POBA’s objectives, CIO Dong-Hun Jang turned to alternatives. These assets now make up two thirds of the fund and he has plans for a further increase, Jang tells Dan Purves. Read More
Allianz Australia’s Diversification Journey Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Insurance Allianz Australia has been on a diversification journey over the last three years. In this interview, we speak with CIO Anthony Michael about the challenges an insurance company faces in achieving better diversification. Read More
Nest: Investing for Mega-trends Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, ESG Mega-trends are at the front and centre of the National Employment Savings Trust’s (Nest’s) thinking when it comes to how it runs its money, with plans to increase tilts to climate aware equities and expand these to other asset classes. Read More
The Electrical CIO Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Electrical engineering might have little in common with investing, but the CIO of Singapore’s SAVER-Premium Fund finds there are synergies in being versed in both. Read More
Marrying Data Science with Fundamentals Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Equities, Innovation Embracing data science does not mean you have to abandon fundamental analysis. Quite the contrary, Neuberger Berman’s Hari Ramanan says. It’ll make you a better fundamental investor. Read More
Beware of Inflation Risk: Armitage Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Economics, Fixed Income & Credit A rise in inflation might be around the corner and institutional investors would do well to prepare for this risk, MLC’s Jonathan Armitage says. Read More
State Super Names New CIO Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers State Super appoints former Deputy Chief Investment Officer Charles Wu as its new CIO, after the departure of Gary Gabriel at the end of last year. Read More
Monetary Policy Through the Ages Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Economics Christian Super CIO Mark Rider, who spent a previous life at the RBA, says we are entering a period not unlike the first few decades after the World War II. Read More
Ping An on Factors in China Chief Investment Officers, Emerging Markets, Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic The Chinese stock market is driven by different quantitative factors than those in the US and Europe, Ping An China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Deputy CIO said. Steve Zhang speaks to us about the companies quant and machine learning strategies. Read More
