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
Funds SA Consolidates After Rapid Growth Asset Owners, Leadership & Management, Women in Finance Funds SA has grown rapidly in recent years and now stands at over $30 billion in assets. CEO Jo Townsend speaks to [i3] Insights about the next phase of growth, whether insourcing is on the cards and what it means to be an Adelaide-based investment organisation. Read More
PGGM Questions Over-diversification and Benchmarks Asset Owners, Factors, Quant & Systematic, Leadership & 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, 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
Adrian Orr and the Three C’s of Fund Operations Asset Owners, Leadership & Management, Pacific Region Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor urges Pacific Islands funds to be decisive but take a measured approach to restructuring their funds. Read More
