Insights

The Importance of Board Education

Danielle Welsh-Rose, ESG Investment Director, APAC, Aberdeen Standard Investments

Addressing the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy

Addressing climate change risks should not simply be about measuring carbon emissions, but about future-proofing business models, Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Danielle Welsh-Rose says.

Teik Heng Tan, Executive Director, the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]

A Different Kind of Disruption

Editorial, Financial Crisis

Is there an upside to the widespread disruption we see as the coronavirus rips through the world population? Teik Heng Tan explores the intersection of chaos and innovation throughout history.

Looking for the Perfect Hedge

Editorial, Factors, Quant & Systematic

What type of hedge would you put in place to protect your portfolio in the current malaise, if you had the benefit of hindsight?

Jonathan Eriksen, Managing Director, EriksensGlobal

Markets Could Stabilise as Quarter End Nears

Equities, Financial Crisis

As we are heading towards the end of the quarter, the chances are that stock markets will stabilise somewhat since many pension and other multi-asset funds will need to buy equities to get back to target weights.

Dr. Guan Seng Khoo, former Head of Enterprise Risk Management, AIMCo

The Impact of Liquidity on Pension Funds

Financial Crisis, Risk and Regulation

Liquidity has become a concern for many institutional investors, who are faced with the trade war aftermath, an oil price war and the COVID-19 outbreak. Based on his experience as Head of Enterprise Risk at the Canadian investment manager AIMCo, Dr Guan Seng Khoo provides here a framework for stress testing liquidity.

APRA Concerned over Super Fund SAA

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Editorial, Financial Crisis

Current developments caused by the coronavirus has the regulator worried about funds’ ability to maintain their strategic asset allocation

Deborah Ng, Head of Responsible Investing and Director of Strategy & Risk at Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

Ontario Teachers’ Starts to Flip the ESG Risk Lens

Asset Owners, ESG, Women in Finance

Ontario Teachers’ Deborah Ng talks about the flip side of ESG risk and the opportunities from the transition to a low-carbon economy

Funds Keep Head Cool as Pandemic Worsens

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Economics, Financial Crisis

Pension funds are faced with steep drops in equity prices and high levels of members switching to cash options, effectively redeeming their money, as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. But rather than panicking, most Australian pension funds seem well-placed to deal with the current turmoil.

Jennifer Johnstone-Kaiser, Principal Consultant at Frontier Advisors

Real Estate Profile – Frontier Advisors

Real Estate, Women in Finance

Baby boomers and millennials are the two fastest growing cohorts globally and their need for housing, healthcare and medical centres provide interesting real estate investment opportunities, Frontier Advisors’ Jennifer Johnstone-Kaiser says.