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
It’s a New World Order Asset Owners, Financial Crisis, Women in Finance The coronavirus pandemic has caused a paradigm shift in the investment environment which has large consequences for portfolio construction for many years to come, the Future Fund said. Read More
Pharma Unlikely to Strike Gold with Vaccine Equities, Financial Crisis A COVID-19 vaccine might not prove to be a watershed moment for the pharmaceutical industry, but there are plenty of other opportunities, Capital Group says Read More
Future Fund Concerned about the Future Asset Owners, Financial Crisis The Future Fund is concerned about the medium to long-term outlook for investments as the coronavirus pandemic has accelerated and exacerbated existing vulnerabilities and trends within the global political landscape and financial markets. Read More
Courting Controversy in Times of Crisis Equities, Financial Crisis, Women in Finance Every crisis harbours opportunities for those willing to look deeper at the underlying drivers. We talk to MFS Investment Management about some of the most interesting contrarian trades during this pandemic. Read More
Distressed Cycle Could Be Different Financial Crisis, Fixed Income & Credit, Women in Finance Many fund managers have been raising capital for distressed debt opportunities in anticipation of a spike in defaults. But Bev Durston, Managing Director at alternative assets advisory firm Edgehaven, has some reservations about the scale of the opportunity set out there. Read More
Future Fund Sees Tough Period Ahead Asset Owners, Financial Crisis, Women in Finance The Future Fund sees a challenging environment ahead as it ends the year flat. The Future Fund expects to see a challenging and volatile environment in the future and believes that the factors that have driven the strong performance in the past might not be there any longer. “We do think that returns are going […] 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
Targeting Negative Equity Correlations Factors, Quant & Systematic, Financial Crisis, Private & Alternative Markets When bonds no longer offer defensiveness, where do you look for portfolio protection? Perhaps it is time to set an explicit negative equity correlation target, Aberdeen Standard Investments says. Read More
