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, Leadership & 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
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. Read More
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
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