Hidden Risks in YFYS MarketFox, Risk and Regulation Venture capital might look like a sure way of boosting a fund’s performance in the YFYS test, but recent cracks in the asset class’ return profile shows the pendulum swings both ways, Daniel Grioli writes. Read More
ASIC Warns Super Funds Against Greenwashing ESG, Risk and Regulation ASIC warns super funds to remain true to label when issuing sustainable investment products and avoid greenwashing Read More
Spirit Super – Managing Risk, Challenging the Future Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Private & Alternative Markets Merely a year after the completion of the merger between Tasplan and MTAA, Spirit Super is already reaping the benefits of its larger scale in its real asset investments, Florence Chong writes. Read More
Tackling Inflation Through Real Assets Economics, Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate Real assets have long been known to form a hedge against inflation and growth shocks. But not all real assets protect to the same degree, and investors now have climate change to worry about, PGIM’s Harsh Parikh says. Read More
We Need To Talk About ESG Editorial, ESG Did a recent speech by HSBC’s Global Head of RI Stuart Kirk provide a glimpse into an inherent hostility towards climate change policies among asset managers, or was it a plea to focus on investments, rather than exclusions? Read More
ART Portfolio Construction post Merger Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers In this interview, [i3] Insights speaks with Ian Patrick, Chief Investment Officer of Australian Retirement Trust, about the implications of the recent merger for the fund’s investments and the way it constructs portfolios going forward. Read More
Decarbonisation through Marine Assets ESG, Private & Alternative Markets Investing in marine assets is more akin to investing in infrastructure than in the shipping business, and it can help reduce the overall carbon footprint of a portfolio, Purus Marine’s Julian Proctor says. Read More
Australian Super to Double PE Investment Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets AustralianSuper will double the money it currently has invested in private equity over the next two years, as part of a broader strategy to increase its holdings in unlisted assets. Read More
When Risk Parity No Longer Works Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners While risk parity is a great concept, it doesn’t work in the current environment of low rates, rising inflation and macroeconomic turbulence, PFA CIO says. Read More