HESTA appoints GM Investment Risk Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation HESTA has appointed a new General Manager of Investment Risk, as the fund continues its plans to internalise certain asset management functions, including Australian equities investments. Read More
The Impact of Liquidity on Pension Funds Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation Liquidity has become a concern for many institutional investors, who are faced with the trade war aftermath, an oil price war and the COVID-19 outbreak. Based on his experience as Head of Enterprise Risk at the Canadian investment manager AIMCo, Dr Guan Seng Khoo provides here a framework for stress testing liquidity. Read More
APRA Heatmap – Climate Change for Super Funds Opinion, Risk and Regulation APRA’s new Heatmap can help Trustees in achieving better outcomes for members, but it is also open to potential misuse, David Hartley writes. Read More
Control What You Can Control Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Australian superannuation funds face some of the steepest trading costs in the developed world. Controlling these costs is critical to deliver good outcomes for members, Raewyn Williams writes in a new research paper. Read More
The Science of Hedging Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation In the past, decisions about hedging have sometimes involved a bit of an educated guess, but a new paper aims to create rigour around this process. Read More
The True Cost of Divesting ESG, Risk and Regulation As part of his growing interest in climate change, GMO’s Jeremy Grantham researched what effect divesting the entire energy sector would have on a portfolio. Read More
An Ode to Crowding Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic, Risk and Regulation Investors should learn to love crowding, Wells Fargo’s Wai Lee says. Read More
My Lessons Learned from the GFC Financial Crisis, MarketFox, Risk and Regulation With the Global Financial Crisis now a decade behind us, MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli shares some of the most important lessons he learned from this cataclysmic event. Read More
TCorp Overhaul Permeates Foundations Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Risk and Regulation TCorp’s new structure places portfolio construction at the heart of its investment process, focusing on a whole-of-fund approach, CIO Stewart Brentnall says. Read More
