Insights

Mind The Gap

Real Asset Profile – Sunsuper

The $66 billion Sunsuper manages both external and direct property investment mandates. Florence Chong speaks with Sunsuper’s Michael Weaver about the fund’s strategy and the attraction of niche markets.

The Factors of Emerging Market Debt

Emerging Markets

Finisterre Capital’s Raphael Biosse-Duplan says investors should worry less about the geographical definition of emerging markets and more about what factors set this asset class apart from others.

It Is All About Scale: Wiseman

In-house management

With several multi-billion-dollar mergers on the way, the Australian pension system is going through another round of consolidation. But even with all this merger activity, the role scale plays in the ability to compete on the global stage is often underestimated, Mark Wiseman says.

The Value of Engagement

ESG

There have been multiple attempts to quantify the contribution of ESG engagement to investment returns, but not all benefits are visible in the bottom line. A PRI-sponsored study, asks corporations what non-financial benefits they see from engagement.

Editorial – Insurers Talk Climate Risks

Editorial

In March, APRA released its long-awaited update on climate risks. We ask insurers how far they are in implementing risk modeling and what risks concern them the most.

VicSuper – The Importance of Stakeholder Management

Asset Owners, ESG

If boards receive too much data, it all becomes just noise, VicSuper CIO Andrew Howard says.

How to Spot a Unicorn

Private & Alternative Markets

What is the real difference between venture capital and private equity? Right Click Capital partner Benjamin Chong gives his view and provides a road map to how to spot unicorns.

Real Asset Profile – Cbus Property

Asset Owners, Real Estate

As the search for yield has driven up prices of commercial properties, many pension funds are scrambling around to find investments with decent risk/return characteristics. It is a problem that Cbus hasn’t had to deal with, largely because it owns a fully-fledged property developer in Cbus Property that has a healthy pipeline of projects. Florence Chong speaks with Cbus Super’s Grant Harrison about risk management, ESG and external managers.

Funds SA Consolidates After Rapid Growth

Asset Owners, Women in Finance

Funds SA has grown rapidly in recent years and now stands at over $30 billion in assets. CEO Jo Townsend speaks to [i3] Insights about the next phase of growth, whether insourcing is on the cards and what it means to be an Adelaide-based investment organisation.