Internal Teams Under More Scrutiny: Delaney Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, In-house Management Australiansuper’s Mark Delaney addresses a common criticism of internalisation of investment functions, during a fireside chat at the recent Morningstar Investment Conference Read More
Rest Recalibrates Listed Assets Asset Owners, Equities, In-house Management Rest Super has been carefully modifying its equity portfolios in anticipation of more volatility to come. We speak to Kiran Singh about the tools the team has at its disposal to do this. Read More
Managing AustralianSuper’s Growth Asset Owners, In-house Management, Innovation Peter Curtis was appointed to AustralianSuper’s inaugural Chief Operating Officer role in April this year. We speak with Curtis about his additional responsibilities, the fund’s stellar growth and look back on his career of more than 16 years with AustralianSuper. Read More
ART’s Ian Patrick on Internalisation Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, In-house Management Australian Retirement Trust CIO Ian Patrick says internalisation of asset management is not on the cards just yet, but leaves the door open to revise the fund’s position on the matter in the future Read More
Pearce on Early Days of Internalisation Asset Owners, In-house Management When Unisuper decided to internalise asset management functions, it adopted an approach of ‘logical incrementalism’ rather than putting forward a grand vision for the future, CIO John Pearce says. Read More
Cbus Reaches Scale with Internalisation Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, In-house Management CBus has finalised the majority of its internalisation program. We speak to Deputy CIO Brett Chatfield about the fund’s experience and the launch of its latest quantimental strategy. Read More
It Is All About Scale In-house Management With several multi-billion-dollar mergers on the way, the Australian pension system is going through another round of consolidation. But even with all this merger activity, the role scale plays in the ability to compete on the global stage is often underestimated, Mark Wiseman says. Read More
PGGM Questions Over-diversification and Benchmarks Asset Owners, Factors, Quant & Systematic, In-house Management Most asset owners are over-diversified and rely too much on market capitalisation weighted benchmarks for them to deliver optimal long term pension benefits, Dutch pension fund PGGM 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