Australia Doesn’t Trust AI Innovation Australians don’t trust AI and see limited benefits in the application of AI tools in the workplace, a panel at the recent JANA conference found Read More
Improvements in Operational Risk and DD Opinion, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Operational due diligence has not yet reached maturity in the Australian market, but in this article JANA’s Jo Leaper argues that the AIST Guidance Note on CPS230 has helped to secure a baseline standard for Australian investors Read More
Addressing the Housing Challenge Asset Owners, Real Estate Given the twin spectres of rising interest rates and higher living costs, Spiros Deftereos of Hostplus holds no illusion that times will continue to be challenging for residential developers Read More
Foreign Capital Builds BTR Brand Opinion, Real Estate In contrast to the enthusiasm with which foreign pension investors invest in build-to-rent, or multi-family, property, Australian super funds are still searching for the most suitable investment model that would work for them, Florence Chong writes. Read More
HESTA names Head of Portfolio Design Appointment, Asset Owners, Women in Finance HESTA has appointed Dianne Sandoval as Head of Portfolio Design, starting in October Read More
Brighter Super Keeps it Simple Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers On 1 June 2023, 130,000 Suncorp Super members and $6.1 billion in funds under management (FUM) joined Brighter Super, itself the product of the 2021 merger between Energy Super and LGIAsuper. In this interview, we speak with CIO Mark Rider about how it affects the overall investment strategy. Read More
Climate Change and the Economy Economics, ESG Climate scientists and investors could help each other in developing more granular models of the impact of climate change on specific areas. This is needed because the impact will be far greater than current economic models assume, Associate Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick says. Read More
Platform Products Fail Test More Risk and Regulation Choice options held on platforms were more likely to fail the YFYS performance test than those accessed directly. Read More
AustralianSuper Names Head of Int. and Private Equity Appointment, Asset Owners AustralianSuper has appointed Mark Hargraves as Head of International and Private Equity Read More
