Insights

TCorp Revises Investment Strategy

E-commerce is Polarising Real Estate

It’s no secret online shopping is having a significant impact on the retail sector. But as more shops close down, the real estate sector is increasingly changing face as well, Aviva Investors Head of Real Estate says.

Spiros Deftereos, Head of Property, Hostplus

Real Estate Profile: Hostplus – Part II

Asset Owners, Real Estate

In part II of the interview with Spiros Deftereos, he gives the lie to a perception that superannuation funds do not or will not invest in Australia’s residential sector.

Innes McKeand, Head of Equities, AustralianSuper

AustralianSuper Scales up Machine Learning

Asset Owners, Equities, Factors, Quant & Systematic

AustralianSuper started its first machine-learning strategy only two years ago, but already it has become a near core strategy and has a substantial amount of money running in it.

Professor Carsten Murawski, Brain, Mind & Markets Lab, University of Melbourne

The Illusion of Rationality

Behavioural Finance, Factors, Quant & Systematic

Not all problems are computable and there is good reasons to believe that many investment problems fall into this category, Professor Carsten Murawski of the Brain, Mind & Markets Lab says.

Real Estate Profile: Hostplus – Part I

Real Estate

Hostplus is eyeing offshore property as the fund continues to grow.

Fiona Trafford-Walker, Director, Frontier Advisors

Trafford-Walker to leave Frontier Advisors

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance

Fiona Trafford-Walker will depart Frontier Advisors on 6 December 2019, after 25 years with the asset consultant.

Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment

Roadmap for Finance Sector seeks to end Slavery

ESG

A commission against modern slavery has called upon the finance sector to end slavery and provides a blueprint of how to achieve this in a report launched at the United Nations.

No Retirement Solution Fits All

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Retirement, Women in Finance

Jacki Ellis has been given the task to spearhead First State Super’s retirement strategy from an investment perspective. We speak to Ellis about the complexity of the problem, the challenges of CIPRs and the need for customisation.

Does Your ESG Policy Breach Fiduciary Duty?

ESG, Factors, Quant & Systematic

There are limits to how much of an ESG tilt you can introduce to your portfolio before it becomes more risky than a market index. But what is too much? Harin de Silva of Analytic Investors has found a way to measure this.