[i3] Insights - Investment Innovation Institute

Retirement Adequacy Remains Unsolved

Jaspar Crawley, Head of Institutional Sales for APAC, World Gold Council

Gold as a Risk Mitigator

Fixed Income & Credit, Private & Alternative Markets

Gold is unlike any commodity and institutional investors increasingly recognise the precious metal’s potential as a risk management asset, the World Gold Council says.

Arsa Indaravijaya, CIO of the Government Pension Fund Thailand

The GPF Approach Through COVID

Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers, Equities, ESG

An increased focus on overseas equites and human rights, particularly in the Thai fishing industry, has helped Thailand’s second largest pension fund to deliver strong returns while better managing risk, Dan Purves writes.

MarketFox Investment Commentary – Investment Innovation Institute

MarketFox – A Closer Look at YFYS

MarketFox, Risk and Regulation

Guess Who’s Back? That’s right: the MarketFox! In this column, Daniel Grioli delves further into the consequences of the Your Future, Your Super legislation and the impact on fund staffing levels, fees and active management.

Kim Bowater, Director of Consulting, Frontier

Asset Consulting and Consolidation

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Women in Finance

As more super funds merge and become increasingly larger, the role of asset consultants changes, Frontier’s Kim Bowater says.

Kheng Siang Ng, Head of Fixed Income, APAC, State Street Global Advisors

FDI Eyes Chinese Bond Market

Emerging Markets, Fixed Income & Credit

Institutional investors are gearing up to buy into the Chinese government bond market, as more global indices are adding these bonds, SSGA says.

Helen Rowell, Deputy Chair at APRA on the superannuation industry

APRA questions Insurers’ Risk Management

Insurance, Risk and Regulation

Prudential regulator APRA has questioned the robustness of insurers’ risk management frameworks, following unexpected business interruption claims stemming from the coronavirus pandemic

James Fraser-Smith, Future Fund’s head of unlisted infrastructure and timberland

Future Fund on Infra and Pandemics

Asset Owners, Infrastructure

The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on infrastructure assets, both positive and negative. Florence Chong speaks with the Future Fund’s James Fraser-Smith about the effect on airports, data centres and renewable assets.

Debt Cost and Decarbonisation Could See Property Sales | Mahdi Mokrane, Head of Investment Strategy and Research, PATRIZIA

The Rise of Alt Property

Private & Alternative Markets, Real Estate

Alternative property types have become mainstream asset classes in the US and real assets investment firm PATRIZIA expects a similar trend to now unfold in Europe. We speak to Mahdi Mokrane to gain a deeper understanding of the drivers behind this trend.

Wouter Klijn, Director of Content at the Investment Innovation Institute [i3]

Your Future, Our Super

Editorial

The Your Future, Your Super performance test is not a measure of performance at all. It is a guarantee of mediocre outcomes, Wouter Klijn, Editor of [i3] Insights writes.