Economist Blasts Climate Risk Assessments ESG, Financial Crisis The impact of climate change on global economies has been grossly underestimated, economist Steve Keen argues. The impact of climate change on the global economy, and in extension investment portfolios, has been significantly underestimated due to problems with widely-used economic models that assess the impact of global warming on future gross domestic product (GDP) growth. […] Read More
Institutional Appointment Round-up Appointment, Asset Owners August was a busy month for institutional investment appointments. Here are some of the key moves from earlier this month. Read More
Aware Super Appoints Head of PM Appointment, Asset Owners Aware Super names former AMP Capital’s Simon Warner Head of Portfolio Management Read More
Hostplus Property Evolution Asset Owners, Real Estate Only ten years ago, Hostplus property portfolio consisted almost entirely out of office and retail. Today, it is a much more diversified portfolio Spiros Deftereos tells Florence Chong Read More
Can Office Withstand the WFH Challenge? Opinion, Real Estate Office has long been the backbone of super funds’ property portfolios, but can it overcome the challenge of working from home? Florence Chong speaks to institutional investors to see how their portfolios are impacted. Read More
Cbus Embarks on Next Phase of DAA Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Leadership & Management Cbus has finalised the first phase of its new DAA program and is getting ready to roll it out across more granular cross-market positions, Brett Chatfield says Read More
US Corporate Bonds And The Recession Economics, Fixed Income & Credit If the widely anticipated recession in the US will take place, then US investment grade corporate bonds could prove a good place to be, Capital Group’s Flavio Carpenzano says In 1990, Australia was faced with an environment of high interest rates as central banks sought to unwind the excesses and rapid asset price increases of […] Read More
Future Fund Names New CIO Appointment, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers The Future Fund has appointed Ben Samild as Chief Investment Officer (CIO), taking over from Raphael Arndt, Chief Executive Officer of the fund Read More
Engagement Does Not Exclude Divestment ESG, Opinion Is engagement alone enough to ensure super funds’ investment portfolios are net zero by 2050? Divestments could still have a role to play, Bill Hartnett writes Read More
