Private Market Growth Shifts Investment Landscape Private & Alternative Markets 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
OPTrust Maps Climate Risks ESG, Women in Finance Scenario modelling of climate change confirms climate risks will have a material impact on the way OPTrust invests. We speak with Alison Loat about the implications for the fund’s climate strategy Read More
Reshaping & Rebuilding at Scale Real Estate NZ Super will focus on scale and flexibility under its revamped real estate investment strategy, and for the first time in its history embraces development projects, Will Goodwin says Read More
Asian Insurers See Net Zero Obstacles ESG, Insurance Insurance companies often face several obstacles in implementing net zero emission targets in their investment portfolios. We talk to abrdn’s Xiong Jian about what these are and why they are different from the net zero issues that other institutional investors grapple with. Read More
Vanguard Launches Super Product Innovation, Retirement Vanguard has launched its much, and sometimes anxiously anticipated low cost, passive investment superannuation range of products Read More
AustralianSuper Creates Chief Retirement Role Appointment, Asset Owners, Retirement AustralianSuper has elevated the issue of retirement to the executive level, creating the role of Chief Officer Retirement. Read More
NZ Super Moves to Low Carbon Benchmarks Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Equities, ESG NZ Super has changed the benchmark for its equities allocation in the reference portfolio to a low carbon index Read More
JBWere Sees Shorter Cycles and Higher Volatility Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Private Wealth, Women in Finance Sally Auld joined JBWere as CIO in the midst of the pandemic. We discussed how she has adjusted the asset allocation to cope with increased volatility and the turmoil that is yet to come Read More
Climate, Biodiversity and Fixed Income ESG, Fixed Income & Credit Fixed income investors have the ability to be more granular in their approach to sustainable investing than equity investors. We talk to Tom Lyons of Allspring about how this can be implemented in relation to not only climate change, but also biodiversity Read More
