Insignia Sees Benefits of Scale Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers After bedding down the acquisitions of ANZ P&I and MLC, Insignia Financial CIO Dan Farmer is now looking to benefit from its larger size by participating in more co-investments Read More
Private Equity and the ‘S’ in ESG ESG, Private & Alternative Markets Social issues in private equity are not only important from a risk perspective, but can also contribute to the value of a business if managed properly, IFM Investors says Read More
Cbus on Residential and Affordable Housing Asset Owners, Real Estate Florence Chong speaks to CBus’ John Longo about opportunities in residential real estate and weighs equity versus debt in this sector Read More
Valuation Infrequency is not Stability Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Women in Finance As debate over valuation practices around unlisted assets is heating up, TCorp’s Tanya Branwhite points to the danger of mistaking valuation infrequency for stability Read More
UniSuper Lifts Unlisted Assets Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets UniSuper is on track to increase its allocation to unlisted assets by about 5 per cent due to a healthy pipeline of deals and the merger with Australian Catholic Super, John Pearce tells [i3] Insights. Read More
Tiptoeing Back into EM Debt Emerging Markets, Fixed Income & Credit The year 2023 is shaping up to be a more positive year for emerging market debt and Capital Group’s Harry Phinney has cautiously increased allocations to several of the market’s regions. Read More
Cbus Gears up for Future of Office Asset Owners, Real Estate The global pandemic and the move to working more from home has changed the dynamics of the office property market. Florence Chong speaks with Cbus’ John Longo about the impact on office investing Read More
Bessembinder Slams Mean Variance Analysis Asset Allocation & Strategy, Equities Professor Hendrik Bessembinder urged investors to be suspicious of stock market analysis that relies on averages, including mean-variance optimisation. Read More
HESTA Opts for Digital Advice Route Asset Owners, Retirement Digital advice tools are likely to form part of the solution to the advice challenge in relation to retirement. We speak with HESTA’s Josh Parisotto about the experience over the past 18 months since the launch of the tool, Future Planner. Read More
