The Curious Case of Cash Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Research by Whitehelm Capital shows that some pension funds are stretching the definition of cash, adding less liquid and even credit instruments in these options. Cash is probably not the most sexy asset class in institutional investing, if you can call it an investment at all, and so you would not expect much controversy around […] Read More
Fee Disclosure Regime will Accelerate Move to Passive Asset Allocation & Strategy, Risk and Regulation The new fee disclosure regime for pension funds in Australia, described in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) Regulatory Guide (RG) 97, is likely to accelerate the move to passive investment strategies as many pension funds will seek to reduce their fee level, according to asset consultant JANA. John Coombe, Executive Director at JANA, […] Read More
Not Worried About Volatility? Risk and Regulation Multi-strategy funds have not faced easy market conditions, so why are they gaining in popularity among institutional investors? Read More
First State Super CIO on State Plus Acquisition Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Risk and Regulation Damian Graham, CIO of First State Super, talks to [i3] Insights about the rationale behind the acquisition of State Super and the benefits to its investment strategy. Read More
Curing the Gaussian Brain Behavioural Finance, Risk and Regulation Emotions don’t stand in the way of sound financial decisions-making; they are crucial to it. Read More
How Superannuation Funds Can Play the Rating Game Asset Allocation & Strategy, MarketFox, Risk and Regulation MarketFox columnist Daniel Grioli looks at different ways to game the performance tables of rating agencies. Read More
Crisis Might Not Have Run Its Course Yet Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation PIMCO’s Jamil Baz warns that leverage is now higher than before the financial crisis. Maybe the real crisis is yet to come. Read More
The Curious Case of Lehman Sisters Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance If it is true that, on average, women have a lower individual risk tolerance than men, then what about senior female executives in a corporate setting? Read More
Fear of the Unknown Behavioural Finance, Equities, Risk and Regulation It is not just risk that affects investment returns, but aversion to ambiguity also impacts the potential upside, new research has found Read More
