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State Super Appoints Rasmussen to Board

Asset Owners, Women in Finance

State Super has appointed its former Chief Investment Officer, Lisbeth Rasmussen, to its board

TCorp Eyes Partnership Model

Asset Allocation & Strategy, Asset Owners, Innovation

In this preview on the [i3] Podcast with CIO Stewart Brentnall, he defines what TCorp looks for in a strategic partnership.

Wai Lee, Head of Global Research of Multi-asset Solutions, Wells Fargo Asset Management

Is the Trend Really your Friend?

Factors, Quant & Systematic

Wells Fargo AM’s Wai Lee discusses the considerations that go into implementing an allocation to trend following strategies in a multi-asset portfolio and finds that small changes can have big consequences.

Real Estate Profile – Frontier Advisors Part II: Retail

Real Estate, Women in Finance

E-commerce has changed the retail property sector forever, but how will this play out for shopping malls in Australia is not quite clear yet. Frontier Advisors visited the US at the end of last year, to get an idea of where we might be heading.

Crisis Risk Offset seems to work, but…

Editorial, Financial Crisis, Innovation

Now that we are in a real time crisis, how are crisis risk offset strategies behaving? Early results are encouraging, but by no means conclusive.

Tim Mitchell, Global Head of Governance Consulting, Willis Towers Watson

The Importance of Board Education

Asset Owners, ESG

Tim Mitchell has been called the ‘Mr. Zero’ of New Zealand Super, having been involved before the first employee was appointed. In this interview, Mitchell talks about setting up the governance framework of the fund and the importance of board education.