Stress testing and COVID 19 MarketFox, Opinion, Risk and Regulation Marketfox Columnist Daniel Grioli examines whether stress testing helped in navigating the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and whether there is a better way of dealing with such events. Read More
Designing Default Retirement Plans Innovation, Opinion, Retirement Academics, practitioners, consultants and fund managers have come together to develop a new framework for designing default retirement plans. In this article, they give an insight into how to implement such a framework and what the implications for members are. Read More
CRE Managers Find Little Success Abroad Opinion, Real Estate With an estimated historical failure rate in excess of 50 per cent, investors are better off flipping a coin than putting their dollars with an Australian CRE manager going abroad, Rohan Shan writes. Read More
Insurers Need to Cast Net Wider Fixed Income & Credit, Opinion It is now more important than ever for insurers to consider how to utilise the reserves backing their regulatory capital requirements and any surplus capital to best support their businesses, Greg Wilkinson, Head of Insurance Strategy at JANA, writes. Read More
Explicit Protection for Super Funds Opinion, Private & Alternative Markets With bond yields at record lows, traditional fixed income defensiveness is reduced and expectations of negative rates of return from bonds at current pricing, has increased the attractiveness of defensive options-based solutions and broader portfolio overlays, Michael Armitage writes. Read More
Factors Underwater Factors, Quant & Systematic, Opinion Traditional factor portfolios have had a tough time before and during the pandemic. This is an excellent opportunity for the industry to accelerate its innovation toward alternative data and AI. Read More
Antifragility in Real Estate Opinion, Real Estate In times of crisis, can real estate add an element of antifragility to a portfolio, Norman Miller and Guy Tcheau ask? Read More
The Elusive Global Property Illiquidity Premium Opinion, Real Estate Rohan Shan homes in on the true attraction of unlisted property. Is it the elusive illiquidity premium or is it something else? Read More
Designing Menus of Retirement Products Opinion, Retirement The design of retirement products is an increasingly pressing challenge for many pension plans. Associate Professor Geoff Warren provides a potential way forward. Read More
