HESTA Eyes Fundamental Aus Equities Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Equities, Women in Finance Australian pension fund HESTA is considering creating an internal fundamental Australian equities capability in an effort to address capacity constraints and drive company engagement. Read More
Asset Allocation is Key at VicSuper Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers VicSuper CIO Andrew Howard has positioned the fund’s portfolio to deal with low growth and higher volatility. “I’ll happily accept a lower return than what we might have received from real assets over the last 10 years to ensure we have enough ballast in our portfolio to deliver a smoother pattern of returns.” Read More
Future Fund Appoints Deputy CIO Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Women in Finance The Future Fund appoints former Willis Towers Watson consultant Sue Brake as Deputy CIO. Read More
NASFund CIO Cleared of Charge Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Pacific Region David Brown, the CIO of PNG’s national pension fund NASFund, has been cleared of all charges against him after the Court found that no credible case had been produced against him. Read More
Future Fund Sells Illiquids Ahead of Volatility Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Financial Crisis The Future Fund sells $5 billion in illiquid assets as it prepares for more volatility ahead. Read More
PKA raises Questions about Factors Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Factors, Quant & Systematic Danish pension fund PKA was one of the first institutional investors to implement a factors-based investment approach. But the recent dismal performance of these strategies is testing the faith of the fund, Deputy CIO Michael Flycht says. Read More
In-housing Improves Outsourcing: Pearce Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, In-house Management Bringing select asset management functions in-house puts you in a better position to engage with external managers, UniSuper’s John Pearce says. Read More
TCorp Overhaul Permeates Foundations Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Risk and Regulation TCorp’s new structure places portfolio construction at the heart of its investment process, focusing on a whole-of-fund approach, CIO Stewart Brentnall says. Read More
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. Read More