Storing Future Profit in Timber Stumps Asset Owners, Infrastructure, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance Historically, timberland has been a Cinderella asset of limited appeal, except to those who appreciated its commercial value. But today, forestry has become a keenly-sought after asset for pension funds as they scramble for investments that could satisfy their overall ESG commitments, Florence Chong writes Read More
Unisuper Consortium Buys Forico Private & Alternative Markets Unisuper, PPF and APG team up to buy a hardwood plantation in Tasmania and the forestry company that manages it Read More
Diversification Through Non-traditional ABS Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets The market for non-traditional asset-backed securities has grown to nearly a trillion US dollars today. We speak with Brown Brothers Harriman’s Neil Hohmann about the unique characteristics of these securities and their role in an institutional portfolio Read More
Mercer Targets Infrastructure in Growth Map Infrastructure, Private & Alternative Markets The merged Mercer Super Trust expects to double its exposure to unlisted infrastructure over the next 12 months Read More
UniSuper to Increase Valuation Frequency Asset Owners, Infrastructure, Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate, Women in Finance UniSuper will increase its valuation frequency for unlisted assets at the end of the year, the fund said during a discussion of valuation governance at the Frontier Annual Conference Read More
Addressing Non-Market Risks ESG, Leadership & Management, Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Today, institutional investors are facing a whole range of risks that are not directly related to the market and don’t fit established risk models well. Investors would do well to look at the lessons learned in ESG to cope with these new risks, Sue Brake says Read More
Alternatives under TPA Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance Investing in alternatives under a total portfolio approach is very different than when building a standalone alternative portfolio, Tammi Fisher says. In September 2021, the Future Fund declared that the world as we knew it then had fundamentally changed. It wasn’t just the COVID-19 pandemic that caused these changes, although it certainly played an important […] Read More
Private Equity and the Alpha of Change Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Pacific Region, Private & Alternative Markets Aligning listed and private equity cultures can be quite tricky, David Brown says. Read More
Diversification at ART Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets When the correlation between bonds and equities turns positive, only private assets shield an investment portfolio from severe losses, the Australian Retirement Trust’s Andrew Fisher says Read More
