A Reflection on Diversity on Wall Street Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Portfolio Manager Denise Selden has had a tremendous career on Wall Street, which spans almost 60 years. But working as one of the few women on Wall Street in her early days certainly provided some challenges. Read More
Too Many Investment Advisers Don’t Get Portfolio Construction Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Portfolio construction is a specialised skill and there are too many professionals in the investment industry who manage people’s money without the right knowledge to build portfolios, according to the new chair of the CIMA Society of Australia. “I took the chair role because there are a lot of people who make decisions about investments […] Read More
Do Members Benefit from Tax-Efficient Portfolios? Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Do members really benefit from tax-efficient portfolios, or are they simply deferred without any real gain? Read More
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
The Problem with Factor Investing Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance Factor investing has seen a stellar rise in popularity in recent years, but Bev Durston, Managing Director of Edgehaven, says not all that glitters is gold. Read More
The Search for Green Income ESG, Women in Finance The sectors with the highest median dividend payout ratios are also those that include the largest polluters. Is it possible to build an income strategy that takes ESG into account? Read More
A Grim Outlook for Emerging Market Countries Emerging Markets, Women in Finance Emerging markets looking to become the next manufacturing hub could miss out on the shift of cheap labour due to automation. Read More
TIAA looks at Expanding the ESG Universe ESG, Private & Alternative Markets, Women in Finance TIAA Investments has ESG specialists embedded in their real estate and farmland investment teams. Now, the asset manager has set its sight on integrating ESG into its fixed income strategies. Read More
Playing Defence, Without the Portfolio Cost Private & Alternative Markets, Retirement, Women in Finance Investors looking to buy protection for their portfolios might be better off selling it, Parametric’s Raewyn Williams says. Read More
