Insights

Asset Allocation is Key at VicSuper

The Confusion about Debt and Inflation

The relationship between debt and inflation is often misunderstood and this can affect how you read economic trends, Macquarie’s Dean Stewart says.

The Science of Hedging

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners

In the past, the decision about how to hedge has sometimes involved a bit of an educated guess, but a new paper aims to create rigour around this process.

The Inherent Complexity of Investment Problems

Asset Allocation & Strategy

Finding solutions to complex problems is often not about more information, as we do in statistics, but about finding novel ways to combine existing information, Professor Carsten Murowski says. Unfortunately, this is where computers fail miserably.

In Search of Temperament Final – Measuring Success

MarketFox

This is the sixth and final instalment in our series on the ideal investor temperament. So far we’ve considered curiosity and flexibility, contrarianism, patience, self-awareness and self-control and probabilistic thinking. This post is all about how the best investors measure success and how they treat others. What’s Your Scorecard? You might think that successful investors […]

NZ Super Maps Capabilities of Partners

Asset Owners, Women in Finance

New Zealand Super has mapped the expertise of its strategic partners against its research agenda in order to extract full value from its relationships.

Soft Brexit Could See London Offices Take Off

Real Estate

Real estate markets have not priced in the likelihood of a soft Brexit, or even a no-Brexit, which could potentially see growth in UK commercial real estate rather than a contraction, according to Nuveen.

Future Fund Appoints Sue Brake in Deputy CIO Role

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance

Australia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, has appointed Sue Brake as Deputy Chief Investment Officer, Portfolio Strategy. In this role, Brake will report to Chief Investment Officer Raphael Arndt. Brake will lead the Future Fund’s Portfolio Strategy function, which is responsible for undertaking macroeconomic and capital markets research and blending this with the bottom-up […]

Moral Hazard in China is Breaking: Fidelity

Emerging Markets

The Chinese government’s willingness to let private companies default on their debt is a sign of a maturing domestic market and helps price debt issuances more accurately, according to Fidelity International. Bryan Collins, Head of Asian Fixed Income at Fidelity, argues the corporate bond market in China is still relatively young and when the first […]

No Westerner Really Understands China: Pearce

Asset Owners, Emerging Markets

Out of all Australian Chief Investment Officers, John Pearce, CIO of Unisuper, is probably best placed to have a view on China. But his insights are not what you might expect.