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
Private Equity and the ‘S’ in ESG ESG, Private & Alternative Markets Social issues in private equity are not only important from a risk perspective, but can also contribute to the value of a business if managed properly, IFM Investors says Read More
UniSuper Lifts Unlisted Assets Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets UniSuper is on track to increase its allocation to unlisted assets by about 5 per cent due to a healthy pipeline of deals and the merger with Australian Catholic Super, John Pearce tells [i3] Insights. Read More
In Search of Diversification Factors, Quant & Systematic, Private & Alternative Markets Diversification has become harder to achieve in an inflationary environment where equities and bonds have become positively correlated. But liquid alternative strategies, such as trend following, macro and market neutral equity, can provide some relief, CFM says Read More
Private Market Growth Shifts Investment Landscape Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation Private markets have become a larger share of institutional portfolios, but as they have grown the nature of investment risks and opportunities have shifted too, PGIM says. 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
