From Public to Private with Aware Super Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets It is not often that an Australian superannuation fund tries to take a publicly listed company private, but that is exactly what Aware Super tried to do in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Florence Chong writes. Read More
PIMCO Sees Opportunity in Hotel Assets Real Estate Retail and hotels have been some of the most heavily affected commercial real estate assets during the pandemic. But whereas retail looks structurally challenged, the downturn in hotels has provided an opportunity, PIMCO says. Read More
MAS: Walking the Talk Asset Owners, ESG, Risk and Regulation Dan Purves speaks with Rui Xiong Kee, Executive Director of the Reserve Management Department at MAS about how climate change might affect the portfolio. Read More
Stress testing and COVID 19 MarketFox, Opinion, Risk and Regulation Marketfox Columnist Daniel Grioli examines whether stress testing helped in navigating the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic and whether there is a better way of dealing with such events. Read More
Aware Super Eyes European Office Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers Aware Super is planning to open offshore investment offices, most likely in Europe, as it homes in on private assets. Read More
Pricing Climate Risk ESG, Risk and Regulation, Webinars Climate risk will increasingly be reflected in market prices, leading to a potentially dramatic repricing across asset classes, sectors, companies and individual securities. The real question is whether the transition will be an orderly one ushered in by government measures and gradual market adjustments, or an abrupt, sharp decline in market sentiment triggered by a series of climate “Minsky moments.” Read More
Aware Super Appoints Deputy CIO Asset Owners Aware Super has promoted Damien Webb to Deputy CIO, as the fund expects to double the size of the investment team over the next five years. Read More
The Unexpected Benefits of Internalisation Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Chief Investment Officers AustralianSuper’s Mark Delaney looks back on almost 10 years of internalisation and identifies some unexpected benefits. Read More
Cbus Mulls Higher Asia Tilt Emerging Markets, Equities, Women in Finance After more formally splitting out emerging markets from its global equities portfolio, Cbus is now considering whether it would benefit from a larger tilt towards Asia, which could incorporate a dedicated China exposure. Read More