Your Future, Our Super Editorial The Your Future, Your Super performance test is not a measure of performance at all. It is a guarantee of mediocre outcomes, Wouter Klijn, Editor of [i3] Insights writes. Read More
The End of Growth Economics, Editorial Former banker and author Satyajit Das speaks about the new edition of his book ‘A Banquet of Consequences’ and warns for the current levels of overconsumption and financial mismanagement. The coronavirus pandemic has only helped to lay bare the weaknesses in today’s economic structures, he says. Read More
A Pandemic Review Editorial, Financial Crisis As we reach the 12 month mark since the start of the pandemic in Australia, what are some of the lessons learned and what changes are likely to stick around? We go back to some of the most dramatic shifts of 2020. Read More
[i3] Insights: Most Read in 2020 Asset Owners, Editorial 2020 will always be remembered as the year of COVID-19, devastating entire sectors of the economy, from hospitality to airlines. But looking at the most popular topics of the year, it is clear that the pandemic wasn’t the only thing on investors’ minds. Read More
Rethinking Retirement Strategies Editorial, Retirement Retirees are often too conservative in their spending of superannuation money. How do we address this issue, when developing retirement products? Read More
A World at the Crossroads Editorial, ESG When we spoke to Nathan Fabian, Chief Responsible Investment Officer of the Principles for Responsible Investment, for the [i3] Podcast, he told us the world is at a crossroads. We could use the current economic malaise to set some climate change-related conditions to the broad stimulus packages and subsidies governments are providing to companies. Or […] Read More
Long or Short Volatility? Editorial, Financial Crisis If most diversified, multi-asset portfolios are short volatility, should institutional investors build in an allocation to long-volatility strategies for defensiveness? Read More
Frontier Sheds Light on Cluster Analysis Editorial, Factors, Quant & Systematic Cluster analysis is a good example of how machine learning can be practically applied to investment problems, a session at the Frontier Advisors Annual Conference showed. And the applications seem endless. Read More
Reimagining Due Diligence Editorial As we are faced by severe travel restrictions, video conferencing has been widely embraced as the preferred method for conducting meetings. But will it ever replace face-to-face interaction? This question is especially important when it comes to signing off on new investment mandates. Read More