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
Real Estate Moves Away from Dysfunction Fixed Income & Credit, Real Estate Whereas 2022 was a year where the real estate debt market bordered on dysfunction, Heitman’s David Maki is optimistic that 2023 will be a more balanced year. Read More
Active vs Passive Debate Often Ignores Costs Asset Owners, Equities, Innovation An upcoming study looks at the active/passive debate in the light of the costs associated with hiring and firing fund managers. Read More
The Threat of AI Editorial, Innovation How good is ChatGPT? Does it threaten the existence of journalists worldwide, or is it merely a slightly smarter version of Google? Read More