The [i3] Equities & Equity Alternatives Forum was held on 26 and 27 February, 2019 at the Pullman Melbourne on the Park. During this event we addressed the rise of alternative data with Dutch pension fund APG, big data and machine learning, practical ways to allocate to China and debated whether mean reversion was dead.

In line with [i3]’s vision of facilitating dialogues between asset owners (fiduciary investors) and asset managers, this roundtable aims to help asset managers take stock of the changing environment and understand investors’ needs. This year’s roundtable addresses the role of the business development executive in a challenging and changing market environment. This was followed by […]

On the theme “The End of Quantitative Easing: Implications for the Global Economy and Investors”, Raphael Arndt, CIO of the Future Fund, reflected on the current state of the global economy and financial markets and what this meant for the outlook, from the perspective of a long-term institutional investor allocating A$175 billion in global markets.

[i3] is pleased to support Atchison Consultants in hosting the 12th annual forum for property investors in Australia. This year’s forum focused on the theme “Relative value by region in direct and listed property”. Atchison Consultants is an innovative and independent consulting firm to clients across the financial services industry, with specific emphasis on asset, investment […]

The [i3] Fixed Income, Credit & Currency Forum was held on 1 November 2018 at The Westin in Sydney. Delegates discussed whether the current investment environment requires a wider range of fixed income tools, heard from the regulator about the importance of investment definitions, looked at the future of blockchain and discussed whether it is […]

The Global Investment Strategy Forum was held on 10 and 11 October in Singapore. The forum welcomed delegations from Australia, China, Cook Islands, Denmark, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Qatar, Singapore, Thailand, Timor L’este, UK and USA.

At the [i3] Equity Luncheon, Associate Professor Geoff Warren of the Australian National University spoke about assessing capacity constraints in Australian equity funds. He argued that looking at trading implications is far too narrow and provided a practical road map for asset owners in assessing equity fund capacity. This road map is based on research […]

The 7th annual [i3] Asset Allocation Forum was held on 23 and 24 August at the Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley. Participants looked at how the breakdown in correlation between debt and equities has raised doubts about the efficacy of traditional asset allocation approaches. They also had a chance to up their game in making decisions […]

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has been keeping a keen eye on developments in the cryptocurrency industry for many years and Tony Richards, Head of Payments Policy at the RBA, presented the central bank’s views on these developments, explained why it is unlikely to see an electronic Australian dollar and what other technological developments might […]