Asian Insurers See Net Zero Obstacles ESG, Insurance Insurance companies often face several obstacles in implementing net zero emission targets in their investment portfolios. We talk to abrdn’s Xiong Jian about what these are and why they are different from the net zero issues that other institutional investors grapple with. Read More
Sustainability Myths in Emerging Markets Equities, ESG, Webinars There seems to be a consensus that sustainability investing in emerging markets is significantly more difficult as compared to developed markets. Is that true? Read More
Vanguard Launches Super Product Innovation, Retirement Vanguard has launched its much, and sometimes anxiously anticipated low cost, passive investment superannuation range of products Read More
AustralianSuper Creates Chief Retirement Role Appointment, Asset Owners, Retirement AustralianSuper has elevated the issue of retirement to the executive level, creating the role of Chief Officer Retirement. Read More
NZ Super Moves to Low Carbon Benchmarks Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Equities, ESG NZ Super has changed the benchmark for its equities allocation in the reference portfolio to a low carbon index Read More
JBWere Sees Shorter Cycles and Higher Volatility Asset Allocation & Strategy, Chief Investment Officers, Leadership & Management, Private Wealth, Women in Finance Sally Auld joined JBWere as CIO in the midst of the pandemic. We discussed how she has adjusted the asset allocation to cope with increased volatility and the turmoil that is yet to come Read More
Climate, Biodiversity and Fixed Income ESG, Fixed Income & Credit Fixed income investors have the ability to be more granular in their approach to sustainable investing than equity investors. We talk to Tom Lyons of Allspring about how this can be implemented in relation to not only climate change, but also biodiversity Read More
Grattan Institute Supports Performance Test Asset Allocation & Strategy, Risk and Regulation The Grattan Institute has thrown its support behind the Your Future, Your Super performance test and although it sees room for improvement the think tank calls for the test to be retained Read More
Emerging Market Debt: Investable Amidst Volatility? Emerging Markets, Fixed Income & Credit, Webinars The Russia-Ukraine conflict, a spike in commodity prices and rising global inflation have raised fresh questions about the outlook for emerging market (EM) debt. Against this backdrop, it is no surprise that the asset class has been under pressure. But are we at a point of maximum pessimism, where much of the risk is priced in? Read More
