Rest Recalibrates Listed Assets Asset Owners, Equities, Leadership & 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
Future Growth at JANA Appointment, Asset Allocation & Strategy, Leadership & Management, Women in Finance Georgina Dudley has recently taken the reins at JANA as Chief Executive Officer. In this article, we speak to Dudley about her time with the asset consultancy firm and where future growth might come fro Read More
Managing AustralianSuper’s Growth Asset Owners, Innovation, Leadership & Management 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, Leadership & 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
JBWere Sees Shorter Cycles and Higher Volatility Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Leadership & Management, Private Wealth, Women in Finance Sally Auld joined JBWere as CIO in the midst of the pandemic. We discussed how she has adjusted the asset allocation to cope with increased volatility and the turmoil that is yet to come Read More
Inflation Resilience at the Future Fund Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Leadership & Management, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance Inflation has reached its highest point since the 1990s in Australia. We speak with the Future Fund’s Wendy Norris about how it is building inflation resilience into the portfolio. Read More
Pearce on Early Days of Internalisation Asset Owners, Leadership & 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, Leadership & 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 Leadership & 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